Sentence examples for financial embargo from inspiring English sources

There was no immediate confirmation from the Chinese government that it had imposed a financial embargo on North Korea.

A Western financial embargo on the Hamas-led government has cut off the Palestinian Authority from the international aid that is its lifeblood.

An economic, commercial, travel and financial embargo imposed on Fidel Castro's Cuba in February 1962 remains in effect, to varying degrees, and American citizens still face travel restrictions.

It's also notable that Cuba achieves excellent health outcomes even though the American trade and financial embargo badly damages the economy and restricts access to medical equipment.

A statement from the group announcing the auction said it was a response to the "unlawful financial embargo" by major banks and payment services, including Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union.

Just a few months ago, the obvious choice for sending money to an organization like Occupy Wall Street would have been PayPal, but that was before the company decided to cooperate with the financial embargo against WikiLeaks.

As countries like Iran and Venezuela facing financial embargoes are increasingly turning to crypto as a possible way to maintain global transactions, Emanuel, in response to an audience question, explained adoption could be inevitable.

For the moment, pressure on Syria is diplomatic and financial, with embargos on oil purchases and dealings with crucial officials and banks.

It stood united through all of Russia's economic embargoes, financial subversions, energy cutoffs and military interventions.

The confidential report, a copy of which has been seen by Reuters, said a combination of financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other measures had "choked off" funding to the North's nuclear programme.

The meeting will hear proposals for an arms embargo and financial restrictions, but it is not clear whether a further foreign minister meeting or even an extraordinary summit would be needed to give them the green light.