11/8/2005

“November 8 [2005]. For the 14th straight year, the UN [United Nations] General Assembly votes to end the US embargo against Cuba. The vote is 182 in favor, 4 against (US, Israel, the Marshall Islands, Palau) and 1 abstention (Micronesia).” [Con Embargo]

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

6/29/2005

“June 29 [2005]. The National Security Archive releases a memo written by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on December 12 1963 (less than a month after President [John F.] Kennedy’s assassination), in which he seeks to lift the travel ban to Cuba. He refers to the ban as ‘inconsistent with traditional American liberties.’ Also released is a memo about a December 13 1963 meeting at the State Department (to which Kennedy was not invited), in which Undersecretary of State George Ball rules out the possibility of ending the travel ban.” [Pro Embargo] [Con Embargo]

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

6/21/2005

“June 21 [2005]. The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approves an amendment that rolls back a rule issued by the Treasury Department last February that requires that Cuba pay for food imports from the U.S. before they leave port. The full House and Senate must approve the amendment before it becomes law.” [Con Embargo]

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

5/27/2005

“On May 27, 2005 the United Nations Human Rights Commission Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions declared that the imprisonment of Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino and Rene Gonzalez [also known as The Cuban Five”] was arbitrary and insisted that the government of the United States adopt measures to resolve the situation.”

“September 12-October 6: A period of international awareness in support of the Cuban five,” LINKS: International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Issue 29, Links.org.au

12/16/2004

“December 16 [2004]. A number of U.S. lawmakers and food firms meet in Havana. By the end of the week, Cuba has agreed to purchase about $125 million in farm goods from U.S. companies.”

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

10/28/2004

“October 28 [2004]. For the 13th consecutive year, the UN [United Nations] General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The vote is 179 to 4, with 1 abstention. Voting with the U.S. for the embargo are Israel, Palau and the Marshall Islands. In the only speech loudly applauded on the assembly floor, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roughe states: ‘The U.S. government has unleashed a worldwide genocidal economic war against Cuba. It is the government of a large and mighty empire, but it is afraid of the example of a small rebellious island.’” [Con Embargo]

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

6/14/2004

“The Cuban Assets Control Regulations were issued by the U.S. Government on 8 July 1963 under the Trading With the Enemy Act in response to certain hostile actions by the Cuban government. They are still in force today and affect all U.S. citizens and permanent residents wherever they are located, all people and organizations physically in the United States, and all branches and subsidiaries of U.S. organizations throughout the world…The basic goal of the sanctions is to isolate the Cuban government economically and deprive it of U.S. dollars…Criminal penalties for violating the sanctions range up to 10 years in prison, $1,000,000 in corporate fines and $250,000 in individual fines.-U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, June 16, 2004”

“About the Embargo,” Thanksgiving Coffee Company at endtheembargo.com, October 2005

4/30/2004

“April 30 [2004]. According to a letter sent by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to the U.S. Congress late last year (and now provided to the Associated Press) the Treasury Department had 4 full-time employees dedicated to investigating Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, and over 2 dozen assigned to investigating Cuban Embargo violations. The letter reveals that over $8 million were collected in embargo violation fines since 1994, and over 10,683 ‘enforcement investigations’ opened since 1990. Relating to terrorism, the OFAC opened 93 ‘enforcement investigations’ between 1990 and 2003.”

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

4/5/2004

“April 5 [2004]. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) passes a regulation that bans publication of scientific articles from regimes subject to sanctions by the U.S. government, as is Cuba. (The measure is repealed on April 5, 2004).” [Con Embargo]

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com

2/26/2004

“February 26 [2004]. U.S. President [George W.] Bush signs Presidential Proclamation 7757, which bans vessels from traveling to Cuban ports from U.S. ports.” [Pro Embargo]

Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com