UN General Assembly votes in record numbers to support an end to the US blockade of Cuba
Bruno Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuba's foreign minister speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at UN headquarters, October 29, 2024
THE United Nations general assembly has overwhelmingly condemned the illegal US blockade of Cuba, backing a call for Washington to lift it by 187 votes to two.
It is the 32nd year in a row that the assembly has called for the blockade to end.
Only the US and Israel voted against the resolution and only Moldova abstained, matching the record for support for the socialist island first set in 2019 and equalled last year.
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