UN General Assembly condemns US economic embargo on Cuba
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October 29, 2026
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The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn the decades-long US economic embargo on Cuba, with 130 countries, including Barbados, supporting a resolution calling for it to end.
Seventeen countries, including the United States and Israel, voted against the resolution, while 25 abstained.
Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency David Comissiong, says that over the past 33 years, virtually every CARICOM country has voted in favour of the resolution.
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