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embargo
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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embargo prohibitory order on the passage of ships; suspension of commerce, etc. XVI (
inbargo). — Sp., f.
embargar arrest, impede :- Rom. *
imbarricāre, f.
IM-1 EM1 +
barra BAR1.
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CUBA EMBARGO
Transcript from: ABC Good Morning America; 1/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...if we were to strengthen the embargo, then Castro will be forced...Cuba that he's against the embargo, it doesn't mean anything, because the Pope is against embargoes, period. He's been against...for his perspective. The embargo is a bad idea. Why? WAYNE...
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CUBA-US: 'EMBARGO AS USUAL' FLIES IN THE FACE OF INT'L OPPOSITION
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/18/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Bruno Rodrguez complained that the U.S. embargo against Cuba has remained intact under...on a motion calling for an end to the embargo against Cuba. For 17 years in a row...has called on the U.S. to lift the embargo. The motion that Cuba will submit to...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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KEEP THE EMBARGO ON CUBA UNTIL CASTRO OPENS THE DOORS
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 1/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...decades-long, bipartisan U.S. commercial embargo against Fidel Castro's regime in Havana. The embargo was instituted by President Eisenhower in...nationalizations. The other reason for the embargo, the one most appropriate today, is our...
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COLUMN: Embargo on Cuba has overstayed its welcome
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Daily will report the end of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. In the interest of reconsidering...past and future of Cuba. This commercial embargo was imposed on Cuba in 1962 and has since...investment projects achieved by Cuba under the embargo. So then why does the United States continue...
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Arms embargoes: making sanctions smarter.
Magazine article from: Ploughshares Monitor; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...an arms and financial embargo on Indonesia as an alternative...Ramos-Horta Urges Arms Embargo Against Indonesia...nine mandatory arms embargoes in response to external...observers believe arms embargoes have had little effect...under six years of arms embargo (Haq 1999), UNITA...
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COLUMN: Cuba embargo continues to serve little purpose
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...root of the American trade embargo against Cuba, in place since...escalate until it reached the full embargo that was in place until 2000...This is one of the longest embargoes ever put in place by the United...disparate groups who claim the embargo has little justification...
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CUBA EMBARGO MAY EXPIRE OF WEAKNESS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...its policy toward Cuba - especially the embargo that has been in place since shortly after...been a determining factor in keeping the embargo in place, and I think their capital at...Although the political impetus to end the embargo may be fresh, the action itself is long...
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Haiti: Keep the Embargo, Help the Poor
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/6/1992; ; 700+ words
; As the trade embargo against Haiti enters its second year...argued that it's time to lift the trade embargo - imposed after Haiti's democratic government...But there is a way to both enforce the embargo and address the humanitarian concerns...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Tide turning against embargo; Minnesota experts and legislators list the reasons the trade ban no longer makes sense.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...developed doubts about or opposition to the embargo. The last several times the Gallup organization...plurality of Americans favored ending the embargo. Congress in 2000 lifted the ban on sales...Republican Jim Ramstad, favor lifting the embargo completely. Minnesota Republican Reps...
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 "PR Week (US)")
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Analysis: press embargoes - eespite violations, media embargoes remain useful.
Magazine article from: PR Week (US); 4/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...will stay true to an embargo. 'To a certain extent, embargoes are self-enforcing...reporters. If an embargo were broken, there...are two types of embargoes: those that are...press releases with embargo dates are constantly...
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Embargo Act
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
EMBARGO ACT EMBARGO ACT. From the opening of hostilities between Great Britain and France...President Thomas Jefferson chose to retaliate with economic sanctions. The Embargo Act, passed by Congress on 22 December 1807, was designed to punish...
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Embargo
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...nations. A hostile embargo is directed against...States frequently uses embargoes as effective, nonviolent...United States imposed an embargo on German, Italian...the United States used embargoes against North Korea...the longest-running embargo in U.S. history by...
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Embargoes and Sanctions
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
Embargoes and Sanctions Jerald...history, the word "embargo" was used to refer...a French grain embargo against Spain and...threatened Turkish wheat embargo against Venice...a broader use of embargoes because geographical...
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embargo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the vessels belonged. Embargoes on goods, however...common. Although an embargo can cripple a nation's economy, the use of an embargo alone has typically...United States has used embargoes for both economic and...latter is seen in the embargo placed on certain war...
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Opec Oil Embargo
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
OPEC OIL EMBARGO On October 17, 1973, Arab oil producers declared an embargo that drastically limited the shipment of oil to the...Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), enforced the embargo in response to the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and...
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