Word: embargoing
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...SPENT ALMOST 50 YEARS IN CUBA AND have often returned there on family business. I can say that the economic depression there has much less to do with the U.S. embargo than with Castro's lining his pockets. He has not, however, been able to destroy the spirit of the Cuban people or stop efforts from abroad to attain freedom for them. I hope to see the end of Castro's regime. I will not predict the result; history will speak for itself. Unfortunately, too many lives have already paid the price for Castro's rule. ASTERIA PENA Coconut Creek...
TIME: Nevertheless, the Helms-Burton bill was dormant. The wisdom of the embargo was being openly debated...
...response to the attack, the Clinton administration has decided to support a bill that will tighten the sanctions of the already existing U.S. embargo and suspend most air travel to the island. It has also prompted an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council in order to obtain a declaration of condemnation against the Cuban government's actions. The administration's response to the attack can only be termed as weak and hesitant. We call on the administration to reconsider and increase the pressure on the illegitimate Castro regime, which is the most oppressive this hemisphere has ever witnessed...
...time of seizure, to sue in the US for damages. President Clinton did win one important concession: the right to sue will not activate until August 13, and the president can waive it for successive six-month periods. "The bill does change the status of the Cuban embargo," adds McAllister. "Modifying the embargo will require Congressional approval, as opposed to an executive order the President can undo. This is an unprecedented incursion into the president's foreign policy powers...
...time of seizure, to sue in the US for damages. President Clinton did win one important concession: the right to sue will not activate until August 13, and the president can waive it for successive six-month periods. "The bill does change the status of the Cuban embargo," adds McAllister. "Modifying the embargo will require Congressional approval, as opposed to an executive order the President can undo. This is an unprecedented incursion into the president's foreign policy powers...