20 questions about 31 extant National Emergencies by BruceM

On November 14, 1979, Jimmy Carter declared an emergency with respect to which country?

Exactly 15 years later, Bill Clinton declared an emergency with respect to the proliferation of what? We want either a specific three-word phrase or its abbreviation.

On October 21, 1995, Clinton banned transactions with significant narcotics traffickers in which country?

Andrés Escobar, a defender from this country, was murdered here in July 1994, days after scoring an own goal in the World Cup.

On March 1, 1996, Clinton declared emergency with respect to what country, near which a pair of Cessna Skymasters operated by Brothers to the Rescue had been shot down days earlier?

On November 3, 1997, Clinton prohibited some transactions with Sudan.

What Sudanese president took power in a 1989 coup and in 2009 became the first sitting president indicted by the International Criminal Court?

Either of two answers is acceptable. On June 26, 2001, George W. Bush blocked the property of people threatening the stability of the Western Balkans. Name either the nation whose 2001 insurgency led to this declaration, or the ethnicity of the National Liberation Army that led the uprisings.

(If you choose the second option, your answer must end in "-ian".)

On March 6, 2003, Bush declared emergency with respect to Zimbabwe, aimed at supporters of which dictator?

Two answers required. On May 11, 2004, Bush banned the export of certain goods to one country, which had supported terrorist activity in its war-torn neighbor. Please name both countries.

On June 16, 2006, Bush blocked the property of people undermining democratic processes in Belrus.

The reelection of which president of Belarus was widely understood to be rigged?

On October 27, 2006, Bush blocked the property of people contributing to conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

That declaration followed a hotly contested runoff election in which Jean-Pierre Bemba ostensibly lost to which president?

On August 1, 2007, Bush blocked the property of people undermining the sovereignty of which country, as a result of insurgency led by Fatah al-Islam?

On April 12, 2010, Barack Obama declared an emergency with respect to which country?

Pirates based in this nation hijacked over 30 ships in 2010.

On February 25, 2011, Obama declared emergency with respect to which country (officially a Socialist People's Arab Jamahiriya until 2011)?

Either of two answers is acceptable. On July 25, 2011, Obama declared in an executive order whose annex listed four "transnational criminal organizations" by name. Two of those are The Brothers' Circle (referring to either one gang or several operating in former Soviet countries), and Camorra (Neapolitan mafiosi).

Please name either of the other two entities specified in that EO. One is based in Asia, with about 40,000 members of 22 designated gangs (according to the National Police Agency). The other is a rival of the Gulf Cartel, co-founded by Arturo Guzmán Decena.

On May 16, 2012, Obama declared emergency with respect to which country, which descended into civil war three years later? Much of this nation's western portion, including its capital, is controlled by Houthis.

On March 16, 2014, Obama declared emergency with respect to which country, whose Crimean region was invaded by a larger neighbor?

Two answers required. On April 3, 2014, and May 12, 2014, Obama declared emergencies with respect to civil wars in two African countries. One has faced civil war since December 2013 (in other words for most of its independent existence), the other since 2012 (pitting Muslim Séléka forces against Christian (and some Animist) anti-Balaka, or "anti-machete"). Please name both countries, whose capitals are Juba and Bangui, respectively.

On March 8, 2015, Obama declared emergency with respect to which country? The situation has worsened there, between hyperinflation, malnutrition, and an apparent (but disputed) February 2019 regime change.

On December 20, 2017, Donald Trump declared emergency in an executive order accusing 11 people by name of human rights violations. One of those is Maung Maung Soe, leader of the Myanmar military forces leading a genocide against members of which mostly-Muslim ethnic group on the west coast of Burma?

On November 27, Trump declared emergency with respect to Nicaragua, and the abuses committed by the regime of which president (1979-1990 and 2007-today)?