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Every week, Rodriguez must halt surgery because he can't get one or another material through the embargo.
Working with Russia (a country involved in an ongoing campaign against Chechen separatists, some of whom received support from Bin Ladin), the United States persuaded the United Nations to adopt Security Council Resolution 1333, which included an embargo on arms shipments to the Taliban, in December 2000.
If the Pope, in his turn, increases the pressure against the embargo, he will participate once again in collapse of a Communist regime."
In retaliation, the US government launched a trade embargo in 1960 against Cuba that continues to this day.
The embargo has been tough luck for 12 million Cubans who cannot buy or sell in the United States, but it has made little difference otherwise.