US EditionCiting Cuban fighters in Ukraine, US urges allies to shun Havana at UN, Reuters reports
- On October 2, a State Department cable instructed U.S. missions to oppose the U.N. resolution, citing reports of up to 5,000 Cubans fighting alongside Moscow in Ukraine.
- President Donald Trump has tightened measures since returning to office, imposing sanctions, restricting travel, restoring Cuba to the state-sponsors list, and urging allies and like-minded partners to oppose Havana diplomatically.
- The cable estimated 5,000 Cubans were fighting in Ukraine and said Cuba and its President Miguel Diaz-Canel were actively supporting Russia’s war, citing Ukrainian warnings acknowledged by the U.S. State Department.
- The diplomatic campaign aims to reduce 'yes' votes by seeking 'no' votes, abstentions, or absences, despite last year's 187-country U.N. General Assembly approval and only the U.S. Congress can lift the embargo.
- Amid regional tensions, the Cuban government blames U.S. sanctions for its crisis, while the State Department accused Havana of undermining democracies amid U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan boats, including Friday.
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Trump has asked US diplomats to vote against a UN resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba.
The U.S. authorities have instructed their diplomats to call on allies to vote against a UN resolution demanding the lifting of the embargo against Cuba, using as one of the arguments that thousands of Cubans are fighting on Russia's side in the war against Ukraine.
The United States is about to reject the UN's annual resolution to lift the embargo on Cuba, after learning that Cuban soldiers were fighting in Ukraine with Russia. ...
The UN has been pushing the US for decades to give up its embargo on Cuba. Now the US Department of State is spreading new information: Cuba is said to be the second largest supporter of Russia with fighters in Ukraine after North Korea.
Irish Independent
einnews.comUS accuses Cuba of aiding Russia as it lobbies against UN resolution on lifting embargo
President Donald Trump’s administration is mobilising US diplomats to lobby against a UN resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, in part by sharing details of Cuba’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to an internal State Department cable seen
Because of the participation of thousands of Cubans in the war against Ukraine.
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