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World Condemns US Blockade against Cuba at UN General Assembly
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 25 (acn) An overwhelming majority of the countries represented at the United Nations condemned for the nineteenth consecutive time the US commercial, economic and financial blockade imposed on Cuba for almost half a century.


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Cuba´s report on the UN 64/6 Resolution received the support of 187 countries, while three abstained and the US, along with its traditional ally Israel, voted against .

The US blockade has a huge negative impact on the Cuban people’s everyday lives and has caused Cuba’s economy losses for over 751 billion dollars.

The US government’s hackneyed argument that this is a “bilateral issue” is demolished by the blockade’s extraterritoriality as it affects companies and citizens from third countries, making of it an actual economic war.

 

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