"BY REQUEST OF PRESIDENT ZAYAS OF CUBA"

COOLIDGE ISSUES PROCLAMATION PLACING EMBARGO ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO CUBA

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge issued a proclamation, effective immediately, "declaring an embargo on arms shipments to Cuba."

The President responded to the request by President Alfredo Zayas* who cited violent conditions on the island.

The Presidential proclamation states...

"There exists in Cuba such conditions of domestic violence which are...promoted by the use of arms...of war procured from the United States."

The Evening Star reports warships are patrolling the Cuban coastline in the vicinity of the uprising.

*Alfredo Zayas (1861-1934) was born in Havana, Cuba & became a lawyer, prosecutor, judge, mayor, senator, and vice-president.  AZ served as president of Cuba 1921-1925.

SOURCE

"Coolidge Places Embargo On Arms Shipments To Cuba," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 2, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

Dr. Alfredo Zayas

9/23/25

National Photo Company

Library of Congress

"CUBA IS A LIVING MUSEUM FOR CLASSIC CARS"

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY AMERICAN CLASSIC CARS IN CUBA?
  
Trinidad, Cuba (JFK+50) On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy
announced a trade embargo between the United States and Cuba.  The embargo was intended to reduce the effectiveness of the Castro regime in endangering the security of the United States.

Cuba had imported American cars for half a century, but because of the embargo, Fidel Castro "banned the importation of American cars and mechanical parts."

This resulted in Cuba becoming "essentially a living museum for classic cars."  Anywhere.com says that "Cuban ingenuity has kept the old cars on the road."
Mechanics use "imperfect parts and keep the things running." 

There are 60,000 American classic cars in Cuba today.  About half of them are from the 1950s.  The other half are from the 1930s & 1940s.  Visitors to Cuba can ride in some of these classics for CUC25 to CUC40 an hour.

 SOURCE

"Classic Cars and the Cubans That Keep Them Running," Anywhere Cuba, www.anywhere.com/

'Maquina' or 'Yank Tank'

1956 Ford Victoria

Trinidad, Cuba Jan 4, 2004

Photo by Dirkvander Made

User DirkvdM, en.wikipedia

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