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UN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public
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UN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public

The Seattle Times The Seattle Times·FARNOUSH AMIRI·about 18 hours ago
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba’s socialist government, including by threatening military intervention.

The annual exercise aimed at calling out the U.S. government’s “maximum pressure policy” has been put before the U.N. General Assembly for the past 34 years, and each time the resolution has received overwhelming support from the 193 member states. Last year, the vote was 165-7, with 12 abstentions.

And while it is still expected to pass by a large margin this year, it is unclear if the Trump administration’s overt campaign to influence the vote will result in more opposition or abstentions from key countries — including Western allies — than it has in previous years.…

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