U.S. and Israel only nations to vote no on U.N. resolution condemning embargo against Cuba

The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the embargo against Cuba. The final vote was 191 in favor with two no votes by the United States and Israel, which traditionally votes with the U.S. Here are more details from miamiherald.com

Saying that Cuba has used the U.S. embargo against the island as a “shiny object to distract the world” from its own failures, the United States bucked the sentiment in the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday and voted against a resolution condemning the embargo.

The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the embargo, but reflecting the Trump administration’s new harder line on Cuba, the United States voted once again to reject the nonbinding resolution. It was its 25th no vote on the resolution, which has come up every year since 1991.

The final vote was 191 in favor with two no votes by the United States and Israel, which traditionally votes with the U.S.

The renewed hostility between Cuba and the United States was on full display as Nikki Haley, the U.S. representative to the United Nations, called the long-standing debate on the embargo “political theater,” and said Cuba “is sending the warped message to the world that the sad state of its economy, the oppression of its people, and the export of its destructive ideology are not its fault.”

U.S. and Israel only nations to vote no on U.N. resolution condemning embargo against Cuba

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