US and Cuba clash at UN over embargo vote

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 21:31 · Archive

The Trump administration and Cuba clashed at the United Nations over an upcoming vote on the US economic embargo.

The United States and Cuba clashed at the United Nations on Monday as the Trump administration attempted to influence the upcoming annual vote on Washington's economic embargo against Havana. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz hosted a 'Cuba Libre' panel with dissidents and former prisoners to highlight what he characterised as oppressive behaviour by the Cuban government. The event featured explicit footage appearing to show Cuban citizens being detained, with panellists describing years of torture and persecution for speaking against the government.

Cuba has long denied holding political prisoners, though activist groups have registered thousands imprisoned for political reasons. Ambassador Waltz urged countries to look past 'seventy years of propaganda' and vote against the resolution at next week's vote.

Cuban Ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán gathered diplomats and allies to protest the event, calling it a 'charade' and describing the US as 'acting as an international delinquent, enforcing collective punishment on the people of Cuba'. This marks the second consecutive year the Trump administration has waged a campaign to influence the UN resolution on what it calls the US government's 'maximum pressure policy' against Cuba.

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• US and Cuba clash at UN as Washington seeks to sway annual vote on economic embargoThe United States and Cuba have clashed at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana.News4Jax · 19 Oct, 21:07
• US and Cuba clash at UN as Washington seeks to sway annual vote on economic embargoThe United States and Cuba have clashed at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana.Clickorlando · 19 Oct, 21:07

In this story: United States · Cuba · Mike Waltz · Ernesto Soberón Guzmán · United Nations

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