Cuba Says U.S. Threatens Sanctions Over Upcoming UN Vote
Cuba says US officials are threatening sanctions, visa denials and aid cuts to sway countries before the annual UN embargo vote.
- On Wednesday, October 21, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States of threatening UN members with visa bans and trade sanctions to influence their votes on an upcoming resolution against the American embargo.
- The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to vote on the resolution Wednesday, October 28, testing international support for the U.S. trade embargo, which has remained in place for more than 60 years.
- Rodriguez alleged "unprecedented pressure" from U.S. officials, while U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz dismissed the resolution as a "propaganda tool" and acknowledged lobbying European allies to reconsider their support.
- Alleged tactics include threatening to suspend cooperation programs and deny visas, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Waltz personally directing the campaign, Rodriguez claimed.
- With no documents substantiating the coercion claims, the upcoming UN vote remains a test of global sentiment; previous resolutions passed with 165 votes last year, down from 187 in 2024.
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Havana. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodrigez denounced yesterday the unprecedented pressure campaign by the United States to threaten third countries with tariffs to withdraw their support for the resolution calling for an end to the economic sanctions and the oil blockade against the island, which will be put to the vote next week at the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
During a press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez exhibited a document that, he said, distributed among his embassies to pressure governments that have traditionally supported the non-binding Cuban resolution that the UN has put to the vote every year since 1992. According to Rodríguez, these pressures include threats of imposing tariffs, restricting visas to foreign officials and their families, as well as withdrawing …
They are to withdraw their support for a Cuban resolution against the U.S. embargo and oil embargo, which will be put to the vote next week at the UN General Assembly.
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