embargo

Example Sentences

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Rubio grew up in an exile community that saw Batista’s replacement, Fidel Castro, remain in power for decades, despite a U.S. embargo.

From Los Angeles Times

Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves but its output has tanked in recent years due to a US oil embargo and chronic underinvestment.

From Barron's

It possesses the world’s fourth-largest crude reserves and second-largest reserves of natural gas but is prevented from exporting most of it because of a U.S. oil embargo.

From The Wall Street Journal

Venezuela has been under a US oil embargo since 2019 and exports the vast majority of its output on the black market at a sharp discount.

From Barron's

Following the end of the war on April 30, 1975, embargoes and sanctions stymied Vietnam’s economy and access to global culture – except for Sweden.

From Salon