Meanings of old embargo in English

The biggest obstacle to normal ties with Cuba is a decades- old embargo.

The biggest obstacle to normal ties between the two countries is a decades- old embargo.

Obama has urged Congress to rescind the 54-year- old embargo but has been rejected by the Republican leadership.

The regulations expand on others that Obama announced in January to ease the 53-year- old embargo of the Communist-ruled island.

For all his regret, he vowed to maintain a three-year- old embargo to stop Iranian-backed Hamas from bringing arms to Gaza.

Havana has denounced the proposal as a sham that actually tightens the 40-year- old embargo and says it will not make any purchases.

Obama has called for Congress to do away with the 54-year- old embargo but has been opposed by the leadership of the Republican majority.

They remain hemmed in by the more than half-century old embargo and wary of the Cuban government's failure to enact significant economic reforms.

Obama still seeks to pressure U.S. lawmakers to remove the decades- old embargo on Cuba but Republicans control Congress and are unlikely to act soon.

Republican and Democratic senators have introduced two separate bills to lift travel restrictions on Americans going to Cuba and to repeal the 53-year- old embargo.

Iraq's foreign minister says Baghdad will only accept the return of UN arms inspectors under a comprehensive deal that would lift a crippling 12-year- old embargo.