Tag: embargo

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump tightens trade embargo on Cuba; retaliation for Havana's support for Maduro

  

  The Trump administration announced Monday that it is tightening the six-decade trade embargo on Cuba by allowing lawsuits against Cuban companies using properties confiscated after its 1959 revolution.

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 02:19 UTC

  Venezuela sanctioned by Switzerland for human rights violations

  

  Switzerland Wednesday aligned itself with other European countries by imposing sanctions on Venezuela for “human rights violations and
  undermining the rule of law and democratic institutions,” the Federal Council announced.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 23:57 UTC

  Jimmy Carter calls for the end of US embargo and democracy in Cuba

  

  Former US president Jimmy Carter - on a visit to Cuba - has criticized US policy towards the island. Carter said the decades-long US trade embargo and travel ban damaged the Cuban people and hindered rather than helped reform.
  He also urged the Cuban government to move towards democracy and allow complete freedom of speech.