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End the criminal blockade of Cuba
President Biden has not removed a single one of Trump’s sanctions since taking office, writes BERNARD REGAN
Children wear masks against coronavirus in Havana, Cuba

CUBA has been the victim of a blockade by the United States for more than 60 years.

Despite the policies of successive US presidents, the United Nations general assembly has for the last 30 years condemned this blockade and called on those administrations to end it.  

On June 23 2021, the general assembly voted by 184 votes, with two against and three abstentions, to end this US blockade.

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