Word: embargos
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...first step toward draining the appeal of Chávezism and restoring the U.S.'s image in Latin America would be to unilaterally lift the embargo on Cuba. The U.S. embargo has never worked as a tool to weaken Castro. Instead it has provided him with a wonderful excuse to hide his failures and justify the island's dire poverty and harsh political repression. The embargo is even less effective now that Cuba is so deeply intertwined economically and politically with Venezuela and other countries in the region. Embargoing Cuba without cutting off its ties to other countries is akin...
...seen by Iranians as a major coup for Khamenei's hard-bargaining strategy. Those close to the cleric say he may ultimately be willing to agree to limits on Iran's nuclear program if direct talks with the U.S. lead to security guarantees and a lifting of the U.S. embargo on Iran. "The regime is dying to negotiate," says Jalaipour. Now Khamenei needs Washington to show it feels that...
...them privately to Iranian leaders.? But they are known to include the enticement of a light water power reactor - whose radioactive fuel is hard to convert to use in a bomb - and the specter of? punishments ranging from? bank account freezes and travel bans to a full-scale economic embargo...
...Arboretum] and would like to support it, “ he said. “But we cannot do that without any guards against future expansions.” “On the surface it sounds ok,” he said about the 30-year embargo on development. “But what’s the funding cycle for institutions like this? About 30 years.” Cook disagreed. “It’s very hard to predict,” he said. “Thirty years is a long time from...
...Another thing, Russia has made it plain it wants Ukraine's gas transporting system. Then, Gazprom says, the prices will go down. This is the same usage of an energy weapon, as OPEC did in November 1973, when they placed the U.S. and Holland under oil embargo for siding with Israel. Prices skyrocketed; Saudi Arabia enjoyed a couple of years of fat profits. Then, the U.S. and other Western countries improved their economies, and adjusted to new prices, while per capita income in Saudi Arabia has sharply dropped since. A country that is prepared to wield energy weapons must know...