The United Nations General Assembly He demanded this Wednesday the end of the embargo imposed more than six decades ago by the United States on Cuba, a request that is repeated year after year and which only the US and Israeli representatives have voted against.
The Cuban regime once again obtained the support of 187 nations and only Moldova opted to abstain to lift the blockade that will be maintained by decision of the US and Israeli governments.
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, celebrated on social networks that one more year “little David once again defeated the giant Goliath”although it assumes that the North American administration will “ignore” what is a “global demand.” “The dignity of this people and universal solidarity have once again defeated them,” he emphasized.
“President (of the United States) Joseph Biden, with surprising mimicry, has left intact the coercive regime of his predecessor (Donald Trump) and he has applied it aware of its devastating consequences,” stated the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, from the United Nations podium just before the vote.
The resolution titled ‘Need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba’, and which is presented annually, reaffirms “the sovereign equality of States, non-intervention and non-interference in internal affairs, and freedom of international trade and navigation.”
In his speech before the general assembly, Rodríguez Parrilla defined the sanctions against Cuba as “inhuman measures typical of an extreme economic war” with which the US seeks to send a warning to “any nation that dares to firmly defend its sovereignty and build its own future.”
“Let Cuba live in peace”, “let Cuba live in peace”said the Cuban foreign minister, combining English and Spanish under the undaunted gaze of the only representative of the American delegation in the room.
On the other hand, if in previous UN assemblies the most forceful displays of support for the Cuban cause came from Russia, members of the Non-Aligned Movement or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), This time Iran was the one who spoke out most vehemently against the US.
The blockade of Cuba “It is a threat to multilateralism. “Sanctions are a method of achieving petty national objectives that threaten international peace and security,” said the Iranian ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani.