Peace advocates on Thursday said that the near-unanimous vote by United Nations member states to demand an end to the US economic embargo of Cuba underscores the imperative for the Biden administration to lift the crippling 60-year blockade.<\/p>\n
For the 30th straight year, UN General Assembly members voted in favor of a Cuban resolution condemning the embargo, first enacted during the administration of then-President John F. Kennedy, who according to<\/a> close confidant and historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., wanted to unleash “the terrors of the Earth” on Cuba following Fidel Castro’s successful overthrow of a brutal U.S.-backed dictatorship.<\/p>\n Thursday’s vote was 185-2, with only the United States and Israel dissenting, and Ukraine and Brazil abstaining.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “The Biden administration talks about the need for a rules-based international order. Today’s UN vote clearly shows that the global community is calling on the US to lift its brutal embargo on Cuba,” CodePink cofounder Medea Benjamin said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n The United States is completely isolated in sustaining its 60-year embargo on #Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n In defiance of the international community's nearly unanimous will, the #Biden<\/a> administration continues to block trade and travel.#LetCubaLive<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/ldFyqf802y<\/a><\/p>\n — Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) (@masspeaceaction) November 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n