Cuban Press Highlights UN Approval of Resolution Against US BlockadeCuban media are highlighting Thursday the United Nation's approval of the Cuban-drafted resolution which urged the United States to lift its 40-year long economic blockade against this Caribbean island nation.Cuban official gazette "Granma" called it an overwhelming victory, with the crushing support of 167 delegates voted in favor of the resolution on Wednesday at the United Nation's General Assembly. It said that "Washington again was left almost alone before the international repulsion to its obstinate policy of attacking and embargoing Cuba." The "Rebel Youth" daily also affirmed that "the already failed American policy of blocking Cuba has received another hard blow and a greater discredit than ever, when the overwhelming majority of the world committee condemned this genocide practice". Both papers published the entire speech delivered by Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque at the General Assembly plenary. The Cuba-initiated resolution passed with 167 votes in favor, the widest margin in nine consecutive years since 1992. Only the United States, Israel and the Marshall Island voted against it. Four countries abstained. |
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