Embargo

An embargo (from the Spanish embargo, meaning hindrance, obstruction, etc. in a general sense, a trading ban in trade terminology and literally "distraint" in juridic parlance) is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country or a group of countries. Embargoes are considered strong diplomatic measures imposed in an effort, by the imposing country, to elicit a given national-interest result from the country on which it is imposed. Embargoes are similar to economic sanctions and are generally considered legal barriers to trade, not to be confused with blockades, which are often considered to be acts of war.

Embargoes can mean limiting or banning export or import, creating quotas for quantity, imposing special tolls, taxes, banning freight or transport vehicles, freezing or seizing freights, assets, bank accounts, limiting the transport of particular technologies or products (high-tech) for example CoCom during the cold-war.

In response to embargoes, an independent economy or autarky often develops in an area subjected to heavy embargo. Effectiveness of embargoes is thus in proportion to the extent and degree of international participation.

Melania Trump’s Nude Picture Released – Is This How Potential First Lady Will Be?

Edit Inquisitr 31 Jul 2016

If Donald Trump will become the next President of United States, then his third wife and former model Melania Trump is going to be the next First Lady. Like her husband, Melania’s career has come a long way, and very few people know that there was a time when she posed just in her heels for a photo shoot ... In the released pictures, the potential First Lady is seen wearing nothing but high heels and smirking for the camera ... ....

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Donald Trump Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C

Donald Trump rebuts criticism by slain Muslim-American soldier's father at Democratic convention

Edit DNA India 31 Jul 2016

--> Sun, 31 Jul 2016-09.04am , New York , Reuters. Khizr Khan won widespread praise when he spoke at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), telling the story of his son, US Army Captain Humayun Khan, killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2004 ...  . "I think I';ve made a lot of sacrifices," Trump told ABC News in excerpts of an interview posted on Saturday. "I work very, very hard." ... "I said ... ....

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Yuriko Koike, Member of the House of Representatives, National Diet of Japan captured during the Opening Plenary session "The Future of the Middle East" at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2008 held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Tokyo elects first female governor, Yuriko Koike, to lead city into Olympics

Edit The Malta Independent 31 Jul 2016

Tokyo on Sunday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two predecessors resigned over money scandals. Yuriko Koike was announced the winner by Japanese media as soon as voting ended, based on her definitive lead in exit polls ... Koike, 64, had previously served as defense minister, Japan's first woman in that post ... ....

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Hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people crashes in Texas

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 30 Jul 2016

LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — Federal officials say a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas, and it is unclear whether there are injuries or deaths. Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the accident happened about 8.40 a.m. Saturday near Lockhart, Texas, when the hot air balloon crashed into a pasture ... Lockhart is about 30 miles south of Austin ... ....

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Suicide Squad mid-credits scene is 'pivotal and important'

Edit The Independent 31 Jul 2016

While reviews are embargoed until the second of August, some details have been revealed by certain outlets, including ......

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ to See Truck versus Truck as Onslaught Goes Up Against Optimus Prime

Edit Master Herald 31 Jul 2016

He is in fact, the biggest among his Transformers flock ... The Last Knight .” ... The two movies also became the first two US films shot in Cuba since America imposed a trade embargo on the Central American country back in the 60s ... After the US lifted its long-standing trade embargo and eased travel restrictions in the Central American country, Cuba is fast shaping up to be the new premiere destination for TV and movie producers ... ....

South Sudan war criminals will be held accountable: US

Edit Modern Ghana 31 Jul 2016

By AFP. South Sudan has seen more fighting than peace since independence in July 2011. By Albert Gonzalez Farran (AFP/File) ... The United States served as a midwife in the creation of the South Sudan, formed in July 2011 by partitioning Sudan ... - 'Edge of an abyss' - ... Ban has called for an arms embargo and sanctions to be imposed on those who fail to observe the peace agreement in South Sudan, but the council has yet to endorse his call ... ....

Trading Update (Nichols plc)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Jul 2016

(Source. Nichols plc). Date .. Embargoed until 07.00 Friday 8th January 2016. Contacts.. John Nichols, Non-Executive Chairman. Marnie Millard, Group Chief Executive. Tim Croston, Group Chief Financial Officer. Nichols plc. Telephone. 01925 222222. Website.www.nicholsplc.co.uk. Nick Lyon. Richard Lindley. Hudson Sandler. N+1 Singer(Nominated Adviser). Telephone.020 7796 4133. Telephone. 0207 496 3000. Email. nichols@hspr.com. Website. www.n1singer.com....

JK Rowling dashes hopes for a ninth Harry Potter book: 'Harry is done now'

Edit Mashable 31 Jul 2016

Harry Potter fans who thought the eighth instalment, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, might signal JK Rowling was not quite finished with the series will be disappointed. "Harry is done now," the author said Saturday, according to Reuters. SEE ALSO ... "They've done me so proud," she said ... "It was a strict worldwide embargo that everyone around the world stuck by and it raised the excitement for 9.01 this morning," he said ... ....

UN extends South Sudan peacekeeping mission

Edit The Roanoke Times 30 Jul 2016

mission and a possible arms embargo. ....

Here's the scoop on Cuba's first U.S.-run hotel in 50 years

Edit Topix 30 Jul 2016

In this June 28, 2016 photo, a vintage car passes in front of the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Havana, Cuba. American hotel giant Starwood has begun managing this hotel run by the Cuban military, opening one of the biggest holes in the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba since Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro declared detente in Dec. 2014 ... ....

UN Peace Force in S. Sudan to Stay Longer; Expansion Possible

Edit Voa News 30 Jul 2016

The mandate for the U.N ... Friday's unanimous vote by the Security Council in New York was seen as a short-term gesture while world powers consider either sending in more troops or imposing an arms embargo on the world's newest nation, or both. U.S ... The U.N ... "It is not." ... U.N ... He also supports an arms embargo and sanctions against political or military officials in South Sudan who block implementation of last year's peace deal ... ....

Migration – follow the money

Edit Open Democracy 30 Jul 2016

The EU must acknowledge its part in fuelling the drivers of migration and work to stop them, including the establishment of an embargo on arms sales to the Middle East and North Africa ... Francisco Seco / Press Association ... This means acknowledging its part in fuelling the drivers of migration and working to stop them, including the establishment of an embargo on arms sales to the Middle East and North Africa ... pdf). Rights.. CC by NC 4.0. ....

US urges UN to back African force for South Sudan

Edit Modern Ghana 30 Jul 2016

By AFP. Makeshift graves at the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)camp for internally displaced persons in the Jebel area in Juba. By Charles Atiki Lomodong (AFP/File) ... The proposed resolution is also expected to slap an arms embargo on South Sudan and targeted sanctions on those seen as responsible for the violence ... "We all need to support them," said Power ... Since the flare-up, there have been at least 120 cases of rape ... ....

>US urges UN to back African force for South Sudan

Edit Modern Ghana 30 Jul 2016

U.S. Senator Rob Portman Delivers The Weekly Republican Address on CARA (Rob Portman)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Jul 2016

(Source. Rob Portman). 'CARA improves prevention by expanding educational efforts, including a new national awareness campaign about the link between prescription painkillers and heroin, fentanyl, and other drugs ... It expands drug courts ... And CARA is the first federal law to support long-term recovery.' ... Sen ... 'Here's the good news ... The Weekly Republican Address is available in both audio and video format and is embargoed until 6.00 a.m ... ###....

Proportionate Responses to Madness, Inequality, Injustice, Death

Edit Dissident Voice 30 Jul 2016

... Agent Orange manufacturers, that proportionality of war, making the jungle bleed blood and death, defoliants, toxins, biological warfare, proportionality, cutting electrical systems, bombing hospitals, embargoing medicines, the proportionality of a country that sits in Lazy Boy comfort and watches the perversions of those president conventions....