{"id":2653,"date":"2014-12-17T22:48:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2014-12-17T22:48:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:48:06","slug":"12-17-2014-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014-3\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/17\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\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 the Cold War.\u201d\u00a0[Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>Peter Baker, \u201cU.S. to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing a Last Trace of Cold War Hostility,\u201d NYTimes.com, Dec. 17, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\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 the Cold War.\u201d\u00a0[Con Embargo] Peter [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014-3\/\">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-2653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2653,"position":0},"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":2648,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2014\/12\/17\/12-17-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":2653,"position":1},"title":"12\/17\/2014","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1968,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1898\/04\/21\/264211898\/","url_meta":{"origin":2653,"position":2},"title":"4\/21\/1898","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 21, 1898","format":false,"excerpt":"\"1898; April 21. The Spanish Government considered the Joint Resolution of the United States of April 20 a declaration of war. U.S. minister in Madrid General Steward L. Woodford received his passport before presenting the ultimatum of the United States. 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