Fidel Alejandro Castro3 February 1962
In response to the Cuban alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy extended measures by Executive Order, widening the scope of the trade restrictions
Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
In response to the Cuban alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy extended measures by Executive Order, widening the scope of the trade restrictions
Multilateral sanctions are imposed by the OAS
The restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba lapse
The regulation on spending US dollars in Cuba is lifted
President Ronald Reagan reinstates the trade embargo with Cuba
The United Nations United Nations General Assembly has condemned the embargo as a violation of international law every year since 1992
President Barack Obama loosens the travel ban, now allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to the country
The US announces the creation of a task force made up of officials from several US agencies that will pursue more aggressively violators of the US trade embargo against Cuba, with severe penalties
The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations
President Barack Obama extended the embargo through September 14, 2011, determining that the embargo "is in the national interest of the United States
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