cuba - united states condemned
WORKERS, DECEMBER 2003 ISSUE
The United Nations General Assembly has yet again condemned the US blockade of Cuba and called for the lifting of all economic, financial and political blockade sanctions at its annual vote on 4 November.
For the 12th year in a row and by an ever-increasing majority, the USA, not Cuba, is isolated on the world's stage. The three nations which voted to maintain the blockade were the USA - "the empire of darkness" in the Americas; Israel - the USA's puppet regime in the Middle East; and the Marshall Islands - a bombed and nuked-out ex-testing ground for the US military.
In 1992, the vote was 59 in favour, 3 against, abstentions 71. Eleven years on this had been changed to 179 in favour, 3 against, abstentions 2. After 42 years of illegal sanctions the world supports Cuba's right to sovereignty.