The United Nations General Assembly voted today and, by a vote of 187-2, overwhelmingly condemned the blockade which the U.S. government has against Cuba. The U.S. has been condemned for 19 consecutive years. They have few friends in the world. Even their NATO allies voted against the imperialists.
Only the genocidal Zionists in Israel sided with their masters. There were three abstentions.
Coverage by Cubadebate, Granma, Juventud Rebelde, Washington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, Reuters, Xinhua.
Reuters:
Introducing the measure, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez dismissed Washington's moves. "Two years after President Obama pledged to seek 'a new beginning with Cuba', facts confirm that nothing has changed," he said.
"It is obvious that the United States has no intention whatsoever to lift the blockade."
Rodriguez charged that over the past half-century the embargo had caused Cuba economic damage of more than $751 billion according to the dollar's current value.
"The White House continues to pay more attention to the well-funded 'special interests' of an exiguous minority that has turned the policy against Cuba into a very profitable business," he said.
The only country to vote with the United States in the assembly this year was Israel, heavily dependent on U.S. support at the world body on Middle East issues. The tiny Pacific states of Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands abstained. Last year, Palau voted against the resolution.
The Cuba embargo is one issue on which most of Washington's closest allies vote against it.
Speaking for the European Union, Belgian Ambassador Jan Grauls said the embargo "contributes to the economic problems in Cuba" and the EU rejected "all unilateral measures directed against Cuba that are contrary to commonly accepted rules of international trade."
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