Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla accused the Trump administration of threatening foreign governments with sanctions to pressure them into withdrawing their support for the annual UN resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic blockade on Cuba. At a press conference Wednesday, Rodríguez presented documents he said show the State Department pressuring countries to abstain from the vote or leave the room altogether. He said the U.S. threatened governments, companies and individual government officials. The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn the U.S. blockade for 33 consecutive years. In 2024, 187 countries supported the resolution, with only the U.S. and Israel opposed. Last year, following an aggressive U.S. lobbying effort, support fell to 165 countries, while seven voted against it. The General Assembly is scheduled to vote on this year’s resolution on October 28.
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