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UN condemns US economic embargo of Cuba though more nations sit out after Trump administration push
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The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year on Wednesday, even as Washington’s campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting against the resolution or sitting out the decision for the first time.
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The United Nations is set to vote on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as President Donald Trump's administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba’s socialist government. The annual exercise taking place Wednesday is aimed at calling out the U.S.
The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year on Wednesday, even as Washington’s campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting against the resolution or sitting out the decision for the first time.
Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla gestures as he speaks during a press conference where he denounced US “extreme actions” to undermine support for UN vote against the blockade, in Havana on October 21, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)
The United Nations General Assembly again called for the end of the US embargo on Cuba in a symbolic vote, but the number of countries opposing the motion was the most ever after a push by President Donald Trump’s administration to curb support.
The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year on Wednesday, even as Washington's campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting against the resolution or sitting out the decision for the first time.
The U.S. failed to persuade the world to back its economic embargo on Cuba, one that has lasted over 60 years and earned the title of the longest-running trade embargo in history. The U.N. General Assembly voted for the 34th time to condemn the embargo, with 130 countries supporting the resolution.
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