“November 1966 The U.S. government warned Greece that under the recently approved foreign assistance act, every military and economic assistance could be terminated. Greece set itself to reinforcing the existing prohibition by preventing Greek ships to take loads from and to Cuba. The law-breaking ship-owners were threatened with legal sanctions of up to six months […]
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11/2/1966
“That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 245(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act the status of any alien who is a native or citizen of Cuba and who has been inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States subsequent to January 1, 1959 and has been physically present in the United States for at […]
5/15/1966
“May 1966 The House Agriculture Committee passed legislation ‘The Food Program for Peace’, which prohibited all shipments of food to any country involved in the sale or shipment of strategic or non-strategic items to Cuba, with a provision that would allow the President [Lyndon B. Johnson] in specific conditions, to waiver the prohibition on transactions […]
11/8/1965
“08.11.65 Amendments to the Sugar Act of 1948 (79 Stat .1271, 1271) reduced the Cuban sugar quotas to 50 % from the total quota and required that Cuban sugar import quota were held as long as diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba were suspended.” [Pro Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: […]
4/7/1965
“07.04.65 The U.S. Postal Service Regulations were amended and postal parcels were limited to the 8-once parcels containing medicines.” [Pro Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
10/7/1964
“07.10.64. Public Law 88-633 was approved to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and for other purposes, establishing other purposes with respect to confiscation that would have taken place as from 1959. Epigraph (e) (2) was added to Section 620 of the Law, the so-called Hickenlooper Amendment: No U.S. court would decline to consider […]
7/26/1964
“July 26 [1964]. The Organization of American States (OAS) adopts mandatory sanctions against Cuba, requiring all members to sever diplomatic and trade relations. Only Mexico refuses to comply.” [Pro Embargo] [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
5/21/1964
“A principal argument, as national security advisor… McGeorge Bundy informed President [Lyndon B.] Johnson in a subsequent memorandum [on May 21, 1964] on ‘Student Travel to Cuba’ was that ‘a relaxation of U.S. restrictions would make it very difficult for us to urge Latin American governments to prevent their nationals from going to Cuba-where many […]
5/14/1964
“14.05.64. The Commerce Department amended the Export Regulations by repealing the issuance of general licenses for shipments of food and medicines to Cuba, and subjecting them to the issuance of approved specific licenses.” [Pro Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
5/5/1964
“05.05.64. A State Department press officer announced the new U.S. protest to a European nation for trading with Cuba. This time, the protest was addressed to France, for selling 20 locomotives to the Cuban government.” [Pro Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]