Cuba Wins UN Debate on US Sanctions but Faces Eroding Support From Key Countries
The annual vote drew 136 nations in favor as several Caribbean allies abstained or skipped the ballot.
- On Tuesday, Cuba secured a United Nations debate on U.S. sanctions, with 136 nations voting to end the embargo, 9 voting against, and 30 abstaining amid intensifying Trump administration pressure.
- Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal lobbied regional leaders at a four-day Caribbean Community summit in Saint Lucia on Sunday, meeting with several officials on Tuesday morning ahead of the vote.
- During the debate, CARICOM issued a statement read by Haiti ambassador Pierre, offering to mediate between two 'friends,' the United States and Havana; Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago abstained.
- Critics questioned what the secretive military conglomerate GAESA has done with $18 billion in assets reported by the Miami Herald, while fuel remains available for government offices despite the island's humanitarian crisis.
- This vote reflects a yearly General Assembly resolution calling on the United States to end the embargo; historically, only the United States and Israel vote against the measure, Cuba's primary diplomatic priority.
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In October 2025, Costa Rica abstained for the first time in 30 years from lifting the embargo; now it voted against discussing it again.
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Cuba wins UN debate on US sanctions but faces eroding support from key countries
Cuba succeeded Tuesday in a push to debate U.S. sanctions at the United Nations at a time of unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration on the communist regime in Havana. But the high-stakes maneuver also revealed how the Trump ...
United Nations - Arabic Jerusalem: The United States failed in its attempt to abort the debate of the United Nations General Assembly on the decade-old economic embargo against Cuba, after Member States voted overwhelmingly in favour of opening the debate on the wide-ranging sanctions that have burdened the Cuban economy.
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