“March 19 [1977]. U.S. President [James E.] Carter drops the ban on travel to Cuba and on U.S. citizens spending dollars in Cuba.” [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
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1/20/1977
“Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977—January 20, 1981). Democratic. Carter was the 39th President of the U.S. and the only to receive a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2002) after leaving office. As president, he created two new cabinet departments: the Department of Education and the Department of Energy. The end of his term saw the Iran […]
1/6/1977
“06.01.77-21.03.77 The Cuban Assets Control Regulations of the Treasury Department were amended, thus authorizing people traveling to Cuba to pay their plane ticket and expenses during their stay in Cuba, and to buy $100 worth of Cuban merchandise which may be brought into the United States by authorized travelers arriving from Cuba. Media officers or […]
10/21/1976
“I HAVE signed H.R. 14535, the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976…Among other things the enrolled bill would: apply the preference system currently applicable to Eastern Hemisphere immigrants to natives of countries of the Western Hemisphere (with minor modifications); apply the 20,000-per-country limit to countries of the Western Hemisphere; make Western Hemisphere immigrants eligible […]
10/5/1976
“Another thing happened under [George H.W.] Bush, not even two weeks after the murder of [Leader of Chilean exile community, Orlando] Letelier in Washington [approx.. October 5, 1976]. Cuban exiles, who had been trained by and worked for the CIA, blew up a Cuban civilian airliner just after it had taken off from Barbados on […]
9/24/1976
“24.09.76 The first privately chartered flight between the United States and Cuba was flown, carrying four American businesspeople to Cuba. The aircraft was withheld by two Customs officers in Miami Customs and confiscated under orders of the Department of Commerce. Kirby Jones, the business consultant who organized the trip, was ordered to provide information to […]
4/5/1976
“April 5 [1976]. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger states that there is no possibility of U.S relations with Cuba while Cuban troops are in Africa.” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
1/30/1976
“We all know that [Former President Richard] Nixon took that fat retirement instead of impeachment and [President Gerald R.] Ford appointed George Bush Director of the CIA. It was during the period of Bush’s directorship of the CIA [approx. January 30, 1976] that a number of things happened, including Cuban exile involvement- and these are […]
11/15/1975
“November 15 [1975]. In Washington, Representative John B. Breaux and senator J. Bennett Johnston Jr., Democrats from Louisiana, argue that it is in the national interest for Louisiana to be allowed to sell rice to Cuba. Mr. Breaux is quoted in the New York Times: ‘…my constituents say that if the United States can sell […]
10/8/1975
“08.10.75 Treasury Department’s Cuban Assets Control Regulations were amended to outline the license approval policy for export and import transactions between firms owned or controlled by America and Cuba, under certain conditions; compliance responsibility was transferred from the various officers and directors of branches abroad to the branches themselves. Section 515.412 and 515.541 were struck […]