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The US creates a partial embargo with Cuba excluding food and medicine.
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This act passes a full embargo against all trade with Cuba.
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President Kennedy adds to the Cuban embargo by making it so that all Cuban imports are banned.
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The Foreign Assistance Act is amened to include no aid to any country that supports Cuba.
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US changes its decision to penalize countries that support Cuba.
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President Carter withdraws the laws stating US citizens canot travel to and spend money in Cuba.
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Cuban-Americans are permitted to visit their families in Cuba. More than 100,000 visit in the coming year.
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In the U.S., Rep. Ted Weiss (D-NY) introduces unsuccessful legislation to end the U.S. trade blockade against Cuba and re-establish diplomatic relations.
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The Reagan Administration reestablishes the travel ban, prohibits U.S. citizens from spending money in Cuba
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President Bush signs the Cuban Democracy Act into law. Congressman Torricelli says that it will bring down Castro "within weeks."
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By a vote of 137 to 3, the United Nations General Assembly recommends, for the 5th consecutive year, that the U.S. end the embargo against Cuba.
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A resolution is passed in the United Nations General Assembly on the need to end the U.S. embargo against Cuba. The vote is 155 in favor and 2 against (U.S. and Israel). This is the 8th time in as many years that the resolution is passed.
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A 23-member task force in the U.S., made up of liberals and conservatives, calls for an end to the embargo to "help the island's transition to a post-Castro era and reduce the chances of U.S. military intervention."
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For the 11th straight year, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approves a resolution asking the US to end the 40-plus-years embargo against Cuba. The vote is 173 in favor of the resolution and 3 against (US, Israel, Marshall Islands), with no abstentions.
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US President G.W. Bush approves $80 million to be used for "boosting democracy in Cuba." The fund is the result of proposals from a commission (members of which include Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez) exploring "US policy towards Cuba after the eventual death of Fidel Castro."
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