US votes against UN resolution condemning US embargo on Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
 Updated 2:55 pm, Wednesday, November 1, 2017

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States voted against a U.N. resolution condemning America's economic embargo against Cuba on Wednesday, reversing last year's abstention by the Obama administration and reflecting worsening U.S.-Cuban relations.

Israel joined the United States in opposing the embargo resolution, which was overwhelmingly approved in the 193-member General Assembly by a vote of 191-2. That was the same vote as in 2015.

Last October, then-President Barack Obama's administration abstained for the first time in 25 years on the embargo resolution as the U.S. leader and Cuban President Raul Castro moved forward with the historic warming of relations between the two countries.

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"The United States does not fear isolation in this chamber or anywhere else. Our principles are not up for a vote," she said. "We will stand for respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms that the member states of this body have pledged to protect, even if we have to stand alone."

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Nice try, Nikki.

[ananda]

1. Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms ..

for whites only, and mostly only the rich ones.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Do not forget America's respect for human rights and freedoms in Saudi.

[sandensea]

2. Little Narco must have been behind this.

The Miami exile mafia just can't let this go.

[ancianita]

4. This sucks. Cuba is a good neighbor, as I saw there recently. We are the bully neighbor.