“IN THE HOUSE, on July 23 [2002], three amendments to Treasury-Postal Appropriations bill (TPO) passed that ease elements of the Cuban embargo…In a significant defeat for House embargo supporters, an amendment to TPO offered by Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL), which would have required Presidential certification that Cuba is not engaged in international terrorism before any […]
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7/3/2002
“July 3 [2002]. In Washington, the US House of Representatives votes 262 to 167 to end the travel ban and allow the sale of American goods to Cuba. 73 Republicans vote against the embargo.” [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
6/25/2002
“Travel to Cuba by Americans would bring gains to the U.S. economy, according to a new study commissioned by the Cuba Policy Foundation, to be released…In travel-related gains alone, a total lifting of the embargo would produce $545.6 million and 3,797 American jobs after one year; the fifth year out, the U.S. economy would gain […]
5/21/2002
“New York, May 21 [2002] – The New York Times regretted today the ‘unfortunate, although shaded reaffirmation of President [George W.] Bush’s support to the unproductive economic sanctions and the prohibition to travel to Cuba, in force for over four decades.’ [Con Embargo] “George W. Bush (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
5/17/2002
“17/05/2002 The US government denied visas to outstanding Cuban scientists who were to take part in a meeting against cancer.” “George W. Bush (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
5/15/2002
“In May of 2002, the forty-six member, bipartisan House Cuba Working Group (CWG) unveiled a ‘Review of U.S. Policy Toward Cuba,’ which included a nine-point legislative program to ease the Cuban embargo and take positive steps in advancing U.S. interests regarding Cuba.” [Con Embargo] “A Review of U.S. Policy Toward Cuba,” Cuba Policy Foundation, May 15, […]
5/13/2002
“May 13 [2002]. From Havana’s Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, [Former President] Jimmy Carter says: ‘With some degree of reluctance I would also like to comment on the allegation of bioterrorism. I do this because these allegations were made maybe not coincidentally just before our visit to Cuba. In preparation for this unprecedented visit, […]
4/15/2002
“With the formation of the Senate Working Group on Cuba, both chambers of the U.S. Congress now have Cuba working groups committed to a new approach on U.S. policy toward Cuba. In the House of Representatives, the bipartisan, fifty-member Cuba Working Group was formed in April 2002.” [The 15th of the month used for date […]
4/2/2002
“02/04/2002 Washington, April 1 (AFP) [Agence France-Presse] The US denied last Friday, visas for more than 60 Cuban officials of the state-owned enterprise Alimport, who had been invited by agriculture enterprises interested in selling their products to Cuba, said the State Department’s spokesman for the Western Hemisphere, Chip Baker to AFP last Monday. ‘we have […]
2/7/2002
“07/02/2002 Washington, Feb 6…US President George W. Bush will continue to implement its policy of isolation that Washington has endorsed against Cuba for the last four decades, said Secretary of State Colin Powell. Addressing the International Relation Committee of the House, Powell said that this morning, Bush spoke of the impossibility of modifying this policy […]