Analysts chide Government for Cuba vote
The 193-member General Assembly backed the measure as India cited medicine shortages, falling food output and fuel disruptions in Cuba.
- On Wednesday, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith announced Jamaica was among 25 countries that abstained from the United Nations General Assembly vote on the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
- The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution with 130 nations voting in favor and 17 against, reflecting widespread international opposition to U.S. restrictions on the island.
- Counsellor Soumya Nair of India's Permanent Mission emphasized the embargo severely impacted Cuba's health system, leading to shortages of over 60 percent of essential medicines and food production declining by more than 50 percent.
- Tensions escalated on Tuesday at the UNGA when Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla engaged in a heated verbal confrontation over Cuba's situation at the UN.
- Prime Minister Andrew Holness reaffirmed Jamaica's solidarity with Cuba while calling for dialogue with Washington to improve conditions, reflecting the nation's complex diplomatic balancing act between regional and U.S. interests.
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The opposition questioned the decision of the government of José Antonio Kast to abstain, for the first time in 33 years, from supporting in the United Nations a resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo of the United States against Cuba. The vote was held this Wednesday in the General Assembly of the United Nations, where ... Continue reading "Opposition accuses Kast of "shameful subordination" after breaki…
Many States have been subjected to severe pressure because of their support for the UN Genassamble resolution to end the embargo against Cuba, reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. "We know that many States have been subjected this time to severe presses to force them to refuse to vote in favour of the resolution; however, despite pressure and blackmail, the results of the expression of will have confirmed once again the near-u…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated that the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a resolution entitled "The necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba" confirmed the international community's condemnation of the embargo. "Despite pressure and blackmail, the results of the expression of will reaffirmed the international community's almost…
Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution "The need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba" (October 29, 2026)
Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution "The need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba"...
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