UN Unanimously Rejects Cuba Blockade as US Abstains for First Time

‘While the U.S. abstention may be a nod to the potential lifting of the blockade, Cuba insists that it will not return to capitalism.
In a historic step toward lifting the blockade on Cuba, the United States abstained Wednesday in the United Nations General Assembly vote, unanimously calling for the end of the Cold War measure for the 25th consecutive year.
“The United States has always voted against this resolution,” said U.S. representative to the U.N. Samantha Power. “Today, the United States will abstain.”
Only two countries, the United States and Israel, abstained from the vote, while 191 of the 193 member states in the assembly voted in favor of the resolution. Last year, 191 states voted in favor of the resolution. Only the United States and Israel voted against it.’
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