Rare: UN to vote today on Cuba’s rights violations, activists urge support

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, November 1, 2018 – In today’s first UN vote on Cuba’s human rights record since 2006, countries that truly care about the Cuban people “cannot under logic or morality vote for Havana’s annual resolution condemning the U.S. embargo, which has some impact on Cubans, without also voting…

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