UN General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

5. Global community condemns US blockade of Cuba for 30th time

What the world has to say is clear: the blockade is cruel, regressive, and pointless, and it should be lifted immediately
Owen Schalk / November 4, 2022 / 3 min read

On November 3, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted overwhelmingly to condemn the US government’s economic, commercial, and financial blockade of Cuba. Of the 189 member states present at the vote, 185 called for the blockade’s immediate lifting, equal to 98 percent of the General Assembly. Two countries abstained: Brazil and Ukraine. Two voted against the resolution: the United States and Israel.

Following the vote, Medea Benjamin of CodePink said: “The Biden administration talks about the need for a rules-based international order. Today’s UN vote clearly shows that the global community is calling on the US to lift its brutal embargo on Cuba.”

Indeed, the world has spoken, as it did at the previous 29 UNGA votes to condemn the US blockade of Cuba. What the world has to say is clear: the blockade is cruel, regressive, and pointless, and it should be lifted immediately.

With this most recent vote, only four countries—two percent of the states represented in the “rules-based international order”—openly support the blockade or refuse to condemn it. This means that the US blockade of Cuba is more widely denounced than the Russian annexation of Ukraine’s eastern provinces, which 78 percent of present member states voted to condemn at a UNGA vote this October.

Nevertheless, the blockade remains in place, impacting every aspect of life in Cuba, from medical care to education to caloric intake.

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