UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push
Summary
The UN General Assembly voted 130 to 17 to condemn the US economic embargo of Cuba, while 25 countries abstained. The vote followed US efforts to reduce support for the resolution and a heated exchange between US and Cuban officials at the UN.Key Facts
- The United States and Israel voted against the resolution.
- Twenty-five countries abstained, including Germany and Italy, which had previously supported the resolution.
- The General Assembly has voted annually to condemn the embargo for more than three decades.
- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the United States was isolated in its effort to maintain the embargo.
- US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said more countries had shifted their position and predicted that trend would continue.
- Cuban officials accused the United States of threatening countries with tariffs, visa restrictions, and other penalties over the vote.
- Waltz said Cuba’s first secretary at the UN mission, Richard Tur de la Concepcion, would be expelled for allegedly assaulting an American diplomat.
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