179 countries
vote against the blockade
at the UN
For the 13th consecutive time, the
UN General Assembly has passed a resolution calling
for an end to the US blockade of Cuba. The voting on
the resolution was 179 countries in favor and four
against (The United States, Israel, the Marshall
Islands and Palau), while Micronesia abstained .
During the debate at the 59th session of the UN
General Assembly, several heads of state and
government condemned Washington’s policy of
aggression against the small island. Over 75% of the
Cuban population were born after the triumph of the
Revolution on January 1959, and have had to grow and
develop under the brutal effects of a ruthless
economic, commercial, and financial US blockade,
which knows no limits. The unilateral enforcement of
this U.S. policy turned into a sick obsession and a
veritable economic war, which has provoked losses to
the country amounting to close to $80 billion.
