“October [1990] In alliance with conservative Republicans, Cuban émigrés and the U.S. Congress pass the Mack Amendment, which prohibits all trade with Cuba by subsidiaries of U.S. companies located outside the U.S., and proposes sanctions or cessation of aid to any country that buys sugar or other products from Cuba.” [The 15th of the month […]
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5/17/1990
“17.05.90 The U.S. Senate passed an anti-Cuba amendment introduced in the Chemical and Biological Weapons Bill of 1989 by Florida Senator Connie Mack, having similar terms used on previous occasions with regards to the prohibition to American subsidiaries in third countries to trade with Cuba.” [Pro Embargo] “George H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus […]
11/20/1989
“November 20 [1989]. According to new regulations by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. citizens who travel to Cuba can only spend a maximum of $100 per day.” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
7/20/1989
“20.07.89 The U.S. Senate passed an amendment, introduced by Republican Connie Mack, prohibiting subsidiaries of American companies based in third countries to conduct business transactions with Cuba.” [Pro Embargo] “George H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
4/10/1989
“10.04.89 Treasury Department’s OFAC [Office of Foreign Assets Control] issued an additional list of SDN [Specially-Designated Nations] with whom American citizens are forbidden to conduct business.” [Pro Embargo] “George H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
1/24/1989
“24.01.89 Treasury Department’s OFAC [Office of Foreign Assets Control] issued an additional list of 18 shipping companies identified as specially-designated nationals (SDN) with whom American citizens are forbidden to conduct business.” [Pro Embargo] “George H. W. Bush (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007. […]
1/20/1989
“George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989—January 20, 1993). Republican. Before becoming the 41st President of the U.S., George H. W. Bush served as the 43rd Vice President, an ambassador, a congressman, and Director of Central Intelligence. He served as a U.S. Navy aviator during World War II. After the war he attended and graduated […]
11/22/1988
“22.11.88 OFAC [Office of Foreign Assets Control] amended its Cuban Assets Control Regulations by introducing further requirements and modifying existing restrictions applicable to persons rendering services related to traveling to Cuba or sending remittances to Cuban citizens on the island…For the first time, it established the prohibition for persons traveling to Cuba to use credit […]
11/12/1988
“21.11.88 USTR [United States Trade Representative] Clayton Yeutter sent letters to James C. Wright, House of Representatives spokesperson, and John C. Stennis, Acting President of the Senate, attaching the Report to Congress on the measures to enforce the restrictions on American imports from Cuba, under Omnibus Bill on Trade and Competitiveness of 19988[1988]. In these […]
11/3/1988
“03.11.88 OFAC [Office of Foreign Assets Control] published an additional list of 32 shipping companies identified as Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) of Cuba, with whom U.S. nationals are forbidden to engage in trade.” [Pro Embargo] “Ronald W. Reagan (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]