embargo

By xbanks

  • Eisenhower

    Eisenhower
    Eisenhower approves a covert action plan against Cuba

  • ban

    ban
    President Kennedy broadens the partial trade restrictions imposed by Eisenhower to a ban on all trade with Cuba, except for non-subsidized sale of foods and medicines.

  • Kennedy

    Kennedy
    The Kennedy administration prohibits travel to Cuba and makes financial and commercial transactions with Cuba illegal for U.S. citizens.

  • Edward M. Kennedy

    Edward M. Kennedy
    Edward M. Kennedy urges the U.S. government to lift the embargo and normalize relations with Cuba.

  • President Carter drops the ban

    President Carter drops the ban
    President Carter drops the ban on travel to Cuba and on U.S. citizens spending dollars in Cuba.

  • U.S. Secretary of State

    U.S. Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, states that he does not foresee the normalization of relations with Cuba due to the presence of Cuban troops in Africa.

  • Cuban-Americans

    Cuban-Americans are permitted to visit their families in Cuba. More than 100,000 visit in the coming year.

  • end the U.S. trade blockade against Cuba

    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.

  • Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. Presiden

    . Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. President, and institutes the most hostile policy against Cuba since the invasion at Bay of Pigs. Despite conciliatory signals from Cuba, the new U.S. administration announces a tightening of the embargo.

  • U.S. President Reagan bans travel

    U.S. President Reagan bans travel to the U.S. by Cuban government or Communist Party officials or their representatives. It also bars most students, scholars, and artists.

  • $100

    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.

  • Bush signs the Cuban Democracy Act

    President Bush signs the Cuban Democracy Act into law. Congressman Torricelli says that it will bring down Castro "within weeks."

  • President Clinton signs the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act

    President Clinton signs the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act (also known as the Helms-Burton Act) which imposes penalties on foreign companies doing business in Cuba, permits U.S. citizens to sue foreign investors who make use of American-owned property seized by the Cuban government, and denies entry into the U.S. to such foreign investors.

  • The Clinton administration

    The Clinton administration announces changes to the embargo, which include:
    - Sales of some food and agricultural products to private individuals and non-governmental organizations,
    - An increase in the number of charter flights to Cuba,
    - Allows anyone (not just Cuban-Americans) to send up to $1,200 per year,
    - Allows major league team, the Baltimore Orioles, to arrange two exhibition games, on in Cuba, the other in the U.S., and
    - Increases the amount of money a U.S. visitor can spend

  • US Senator Michael B. Enzi

    US Senator Michael B. Enzi introduces the "Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act" on the floor of the senate: "If you keep on doing what you have always been doing," he says, "you are going to wind up getting what you already got. …We are not hurting the Cuban government; we are hurting the Cuban people. …It is time for a different policy."