A new and overwhelming NO to the policy of hostility, aggression and economic war that the U.S. government has maintained against the people of Cuba for almost 60 years was reaffirmed today at the headquarters of the United Nations, when an absolute majority of countries voted in favor of the resolution Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.
The document presented by Cuba, which has been approved 27 consecutive times, obtained the favor of 189 countries and only 2 opposed it, the United States and Israel, while no country abstained.
Meanwhile, the 8 amendments introduced by the United States failed to achieved the two thirds required to be included in the resolution and were rejected by the majority of the UN state members.
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