An embargo's the prohibition of commerce and trade with a certain country, in order to isolate it and to put its government into a difficult internal situation, given that the effects of the embargo are often able to make its economy suffer from the initiative. It's similar to a blockade, as in "el bloqueo" or the American blockade on Cuba. Embargos generally pressurise weaker adversaries to do what the abarcading country wishes. One of the most comprehensive attempts at an embargo happened du… (More on Embargo)