UN General Assembly condemns U.S. embargo of Cuba for 34th year
The UN General Assembly again voted to condemn the U.S. embargo of Cuba, though more countries abstained or voted no after a U.S. lobbying push.
The U.N. General Assembly voted on Wednesday to condemn the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba. It is the 34th year the body has done so, PBS NewsHour reports.
Washington lobbied ahead of the vote. PBS reports that the effort led some countries to vote against the resolution or sit out the decision for the first time.
Al Jazeera reports that the U.S. points to a rise in abstentions as evidence that its push to isolate Cuba is slowly working.
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- Al JazeeraUN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying pushWed, Oct 28, 4:22 PM EDT
- PBS NewsHourUN condemns U.S. economic embargo of Cuba though more nations sit out amid Trump pushWed, Oct 28, 6:50 PM EDT
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