| United Nations General Assembly Again Votes Against US Cuba Embargo Peter James Spielmann - Associated Press | |
| go to original October 30, 2013 |
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to condemn the U.S. commercial, economic and financial embargo against Cuba for the 22nd year in a row.
The symbolic vote was 188-2, with three abstentions. The United States and Israel voted against it. General Assembly resolutions are unenforceable.
The embargo was enacted in 1960 following Cuba's nationalization of properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations. Sanctions were strengthened to a near-total embargo in 1962.
Speaking before the General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez railed against the embargo.
"The economic damages accumulated after half a century as a result of the implementation of the blockade amount to $1.126 trillion," he said.
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