{"id":2648,"date":"2014-12-17T22:47:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2014-12-17T22:47:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:47:15","slug":"12-17-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/17\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a Dec. 17, 2014, \u201cStatement by the President on Cuba Policy Changes, President Barack Obama said: \u201cToday, the United States of America is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba. In the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has failed to advance our interests, and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries.\u00a0Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people, and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas.&#8221;\u00a0[Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Statement by the President on Cuba Policy Changes,&#8221; ObamaWhiteHouse.archives.gov, Dec. 17, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Dec. 17, 2014, \u201cStatement by the President on Cuba Policy Changes, President Barack Obama said: \u201cToday, the United States of America is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba. In the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 12\/17\/2014<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2653,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":2648,"position":0},"title":"12\/17\/2014","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cPresident Obama on Wednesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the opening of an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half-century as he vowed to \u2018cut loose the shackles of the past\u2019 and sweep aside one of the last vestiges of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2648,"position":1},"title":"12\/17\/2014","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Vatican released a \u201cCommuniqu\u00e9 of the Secretariat of State,\u201d the day President Barack Obama changed the U.S. relationship with Cuba, mentioning the Pope\u2019s role in the event: \u201cThe Holy Father wishes to express his warm congratulations for the historic decision taken by the Governments of the United States of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2613,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/11\/08\/11-8-2017-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2648,"position":2},"title":"11\/8\/2017","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cToday, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) are announcing amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), respectively, to implement changes to the Cuba sanctions program announced by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2506,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2009\/09\/03\/597932009\/","url_meta":{"origin":2648,"position":3},"title":"9\/3\/2009","author":"AmarkData","date":"September 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The U.S. Government issued the Cuban Assets Control Regulations\u2026under the Trading With the Enemy Act\u2026On September 3, 2009, OFAC [Office for Foreign Assets Control] \u00a0amended the Regulations to implement measures announced by the President [Barack Obama] in April 2009 to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba by easing travel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2627,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2017\/01\/12\/1-12-2017-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2648,"position":4},"title":"1\/12\/2017","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On the same day President Barack Obama rescinded the so-called \"wet-foot\/dry foot\" policy for Cuban immigrants, in the same \u201cStatement by the President on Cuban Immigration Policy\u201c on Jan. 12, 2017, he wrote: \u201cToday, the Department of Homeland Security is also ending the Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program.\u00a0The United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2344,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1995\/10\/15\/43310151995\/","url_meta":{"origin":2648,"position":5},"title":"10\/15\/1995","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 15, 1995","format":false,"excerpt":"\"In the late 1990s, people-to-people initiatives continued to grow, nonetheless, as a central element of U.S. policy toward Cuba. 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