'Today's U.N. vote clearly shows that the global community is calling on the U.S. to lift its brutal embargo on Cuba,' said codepink's medeabenjamin after General Assembly members voted 185-2 to condemn the blockade. LetCubaLive
"Today's U.N. vote clearly shows that the global community is calling on the U.S. to lift its brutal embargo on Cuba," CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin asserted.Peace advocates on Thursday said that the near-unanimous vote by United Nations member states to demand an end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba underscores the imperative for the Biden administration to lift the crippling 60-year blockade.For the 30th straight year, U.N.
close confidant and historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., wanted to unleash"the terrors of the Earth" on Cuba following Fidel Castro's successful overthrow of a brutal U.S.-backed dictatorship. Thursday's vote was 185-2, with only the United States and Israel dissenting, and Ukraine and Brazil abstaining.
"The Biden administration talks about the need for a rules-based international order. Today's U.N. vote clearly shows that the global community is calling on the U.S. to lift its brutal embargo on Cuba," CodePink co-founder Medea BenjaminBenjamin added that U.S. President Joe Biden"should respect global opinion" and return to former President Barack Obama's"policy of normalizing relations with Cuba.
"It is impossible to quantify the pain generated by power cuts, long queues to purchase food, the obstacles to the life projects of families, particularly young people," he added."Cuba has a right to live!"before the U.N.
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