Washington, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) Despite pressure and blackmail from the United States, the truth prevailed and the international community once again condemned the blockade against Cuba, which, with its nuances, did not go unnoticed here in the press media.
The official UN website published an article highlighting that the United Nations General Assembly called on October 29 for “the thirty-third time and by an overwhelming majority for an end to the United States’ economic embargo (blockade) on Cuba, a unilateral imposition that it has denounced since 1992.”
CNN, for its part, acknowledged that the result was “by a wide majority” and has no binding effects, but rejects “the United States sanctions against Cuba, in place for 63 years and responsible for a severe blow to the island’s economy.”
This year’s resolution received 165 votes in favor, seven against and 12 abstentions compared to the 187 countries that backed Cuba in a similar exercise in 2024 and the two that opposed it (United States and Israel).
However, this year’s results came in a context of prior harassment by Washington.
The resolution entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” gave the largest of the Antilles a new diplomatic victory.
On Tuesday, prior to the UN vote and in statements to Prensa Latina, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the campaign of brutal political-diplomatic pressure and highlighted the unanimity of voices in favor of the demand “for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the genocidal blockade.”
Those who spoke at the General Assembly podium described the unilateral blockade as “a violation of international law and the human rights of all Cubans,” the Foreign Minister stated.
But “the speech by the Permanent Representative of the United States (Michael Waltz) has come to complete in an unusually aggressive and slanderous manner the campaign of brutal political-diplomatic pressure exerted by the Secretary of State (Marco Rubio), other officials of that department and the US ambassadors,” he stressed.
According to official data, the blockade has caused damages of seven billion 556 million dollars in the last year, which represents an increase of 49 percent compared to the previous period.
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