“21.08.75 The State Department announced that the Department of the Treasury’s Cuban Assets Control Regulations were amended, providing that specific licenses would be issued to cases fitting certain categories of transactions between companies owned or controlled by American citizens in third countries and Cuba, when required by local laws or when it is a policy […]
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7/28/1975
“July 28 [1975]. The Organization of American States (OAS) votes to end political and economic sanctions against Cuba. This opens the way for each member nation to decide whether to have diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba, which many had already established.” [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
2/9/1975
“February 9 [1975]. In a TV interview from Mexico City, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy urges the U.S. government to lift the embargo and normalize relations with Cuba. ‘I believe the idea of isolating Cuba was a mistake,’ says Kennedy. ‘It has been ineffective. Whatever the reasons and justifications may have been at the time, […]
1/3/1975
“03.01.75 Passage of the Trade Act of 1974, whose Title IV reinforced the restrictions on the tariff treatment to communist countries and provided that in order to grant MFN [Most Favoured Nation] status to such countries, the President [Gerald Ford] must certify that free migration is allowed and that certain commercial advantages are given to […]
8/9/1974
“Gerald Ford (August 9, 1974—January 20, 1977). Republican. Ford was assigned vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned during Richard Nixon’s administration. When Nixon resigned, Ford became president. While in office Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, easing relations during the Cold War. Involvement in Vietnam essentially ended not long after he became president. The economy was […]
7/10/1974
“10.07.74, 07.08.74 & 14.08.74. Amendment to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, adding an interpretation to the provision prohibiting American citizen to engage in the trade of goods and services abroad, unless duly authorized by a license; an interpretation excluding heirs from the authorization to charge personal expenses to a block account was added; addition of […]
5/1/1973
“01/05/1973. While wrapping-up a mass rally held at Jose Marti Revolution Square, President Fidel Castro said that Cuba will not negotiate with the United States as long as the blockade exists.” [Con Embargo] “Richard M. Nixon (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
6/15/1972
“… [Former President Richard] Nixon also is a very good example of the boomerang effect, or the adage that what goes around, comes around. They were Cuban exiles trained by the CIA and who had worked for the CIA who were arrested burgling the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex in Washington in June, […]
1/13/1972
“13/01/1972. Cuba held the CIA and the U.S. government for the terrorist acts against the Cuban personnel and properties in the Cuban Mission to the United Nations in New York.” “Richard M. Nixon (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
1/9/1972
“…On the 19 January [1972], the Cuban representative to the U.N. [Ricardo Alarcon] once again denounced another series of attacks against the Cuban Permanent Mission to the U.N.” “Richard M. Nixon (R). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]