Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "embargo" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "embargo" over time.
Economic sanctions or embargoes are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals. Economic sanctions are a form of coercion that attempts to get an actor to change its behavior through disruption in economic exchange. Sanctions can be intended to compel or deter. Read more on Wikipedia