U.S. embargo against Cuba

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._embargo_against_Cuba

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	embargo
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Cuban_citizens Cuban economy U.S. businesses
gptkbp:amendedBy	gptkb:Obama_administration_(partial_easing) Trump administration (tightening)
gptkbp:annualUNVote	overwhelmingly opposed by most countries
gptkbp:criticizedFor	gptkb:European_Union gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly many Latin American countries
gptkbp:duration	longest trade embargo in modern history
gptkbp:excludes	humanitarian aid agricultural products medical supplies
gptkbp:expandedDate	1962
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. embargo against Cuba
gptkbp:imposedBy	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_1917 gptkb:Helms-Burton_Act gptkb:Cuban_Assets_Control_Regulations
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:prohibits	trade between U.S. and Cuba travel by U.S. citizens to Cuba (with exceptions) financial transactions with Cuba
gptkbp:purpose	isolate Cuban government pressure for democratic reforms
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis gptkb:U.S.-Cuba_relations
gptkbp:startDate	1960
gptkbp:supportedBy	some Cuban-American groups
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Cuba–United_States_relations
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6