PM stands by UN vote; says Cubans deserve democratic freedoms

Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed Trinidad and To­ba­go’s his­toric de­ci­sion to vote against a Unit­ed Na­tions res­o­lu­tion call­ing for an end to the Unit­ed States em­bar­go on Cu­ba, de­clar­ing that her Gov­ern­ment will not sup­port a “mil­i­tary dic­ta­tor­ship.”

In a state­ment is­sued on be­half of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) hours af­ter the vote yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar in­sist­ed the de­ci­sion re­flect­ed her Gov­ern­ment’s com­mit­ment to democ­ra­cy, free­dom and the fun­da­men­tal rights of all peo­ple.