US and Cuba clash at UN as Washington seeks to sway annual vote on economic embargo
The exchange came as the Trump administration pressed countries to oppose a nonbinding embargo resolution that passed 165-7 last year.
- The United States and Cuba clashed Monday at the United Nations as the Trump administration campaigned to build opposition for an upcoming annual resolution condemning the U.S. economic embargo against Havana.
- For 34 years, the annual vote has appeared before the General Assembly, while the Trump administration continues its 'maximum pressure policy' aiming to force political change on the island.
- U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz hosted a 'Cuba Libre' panel featuring dissidents and former prisoners, while Cuban Ambassador Ernesto Sober gathered allies to protest the event as a 'charade.'
- Since 2020, Cuba's 10 million residents have endured food shortages, inflation, and power outages, prompting waves of protests and the migration of hundreds of thousands of Cubans to the United States.
- Urging nations to look past '70 years of propaganda,' Waltz pushed for opposition to next week's resolution, though it typically receives overwhelming support from the General Assembly's 193 member states.
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'US is acting as international delinquent': Why Cuba and America clashed at UN
During a heated United Nations discussion on human rights, tensions flared between the US and Cuba. US ambassador Mike Waltz accused Cuban diplomats of persecuting dissidents, while Cuban ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán argued that US sanctions inflicted major hardships on ordinary Cubans. This clash occurs just ahead of a critical UN General Assembly vote concerning the ongoing US trade embargo against Cuba, an issue intertwined with Cuba's d…
"This farce is an attempt to divert attention from a simple fact: the United States is acting as an international criminal, imposing collective punishment on the people of Cuba. They are inflicting immense suffering on the entire population of a peaceful nation," said Ernesto Soberón Guzmán.
US Displays Cuban 'Oppression' at UN Before Embargo Vote
The US and Cuba clashed Monday at the United Nations as the Trump administration hard again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz hosted a "Cuba Libre" panel with dissidents and training prisoners in an...
US and Cuba clash at UN ahead of sanctions vote
The United States and Cuba exchanged accusations at the United Nations before a key vote on a resolution to end the US embargo on Cuba. Tensions flared as Cuban and US diplomats clashed at an event featuring Cuban dissidents.
US and Cuba clash at the UN over ‘Cuba Libre’ event ahead of embargo vote
The United States used United Nations headquarters on Monday to spotlight Cuba’s political prisoners, its overseas medical missions and government corruption ahead of the General Assembly’s annual vote on the U.S. embargo. The event, a panel entitled “Cuba Libre: The…
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