{"id":2769,"date":"2020-09-18T22:05:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T22:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2020-09-18T22:07:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T22:07:12","slug":"trump-extends-for-one-more-year-the-law-supporting-the-us-blockade-on-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/trump-extends-for-one-more-year-the-law-supporting-the-us-blockade-on-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Extends for One More Year the Law Supporting the US Blockade on Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-bloqueo-cuba-usa-580x321-2.png?resize=580%2C321&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-bloqueo-cuba-usa-580x321-2.png?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-bloqueo-cuba-usa-580x321-2.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump renewed for one more year the so-called Trading with the Enemy Act, a 1917 statute that supports the economic blockade imposed on Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have decided that it is in the national interest of the United States to extend these measures against Cuba for one year,\u201d reads the statement. In addition, the ruler extended his powers to grant himself freedom of action regarding compliance with that blockade and regarding the issuance of permits for individual transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had to decide before September 14 whether to extend the restrictions against Cuba under the so-called Trading with the Enemy Act, a 1917 statute, which then President John Kennedy used in 1962 to impose the blockade on Havana and which has since been renewed, year after year, by the next ten presidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiogritodebaire.cu\/English\/politics\/trump-extends-for-one-more-year-the-law-supporting-the-us-blockade-on-cuba\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.radiogritodebaire.cu\/English\/politics\/trump-extends-for-one-more-year-the-law-supporting-the-us-blockade-on-cuba\/\"> Contramaestre News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump renewed for one more year the so-called Trading with the Enemy Act, a 1917 statute that supports the economic blockade imposed<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/trump-extends-for-one-more-year-the-law-supporting-the-us-blockade-on-cuba\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":2770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-us-aggression"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7857,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/biden-extends-archaic-wartime-provision-on-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":2769,"position":0},"title":"Biden Extends Archaic Wartime Provision on Cuba","author":"Editorial Team","date":"November 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Great article by @Bellyofthebeastcuba \" Cuba is the only country in the world still subject to sanctions under the century-old law, which was originally intended to be used only in times of war\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-11-19-at-18.20.45.png?fit=558%2C309&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-11-19-at-18.20.45.png?fit=558%2C309&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-11-19-at-18.20.45.png?fit=558%2C309&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8346,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-scores-a-big-victory-in-the-un-general-assembly\/","url_meta":{"origin":2769,"position":1},"title":"Cuba Scores a Big Victory in the UN General Assembly","author":"Editorial Team","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The United Nations General Assembly on November 2 voted to approve a Cuban resolution that, unchanged over 31 consecutive years, calls for an end to the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. 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