The Union blockade of Southern ports, including New Orleans, had slowed coffee imports from Brazil to a trickle—and Union merchants and military contractors were able to reroute only a portion ...

We have to fight for our jobs because of Trump’s illegal trade actions.” The blockade began Monday after union officials became aware the company was preparing to send a second truck to ...

The lifting of the Soviet Union's blockade of Berlin in 1949 marked a significant turning point in the early stages of the Cold War. The blockade had begun in June 1948, when the Soviet Union ...

As the blockade is finally lifted ... and reveals how the combined effort of the Western powers forced the Soviet Union to back down. The blockade lasted from 24 June 1948 until 11 May 1949.