From Al Jazeera · Tamara Khandaker · · 1m 10s
Cuba says US threatens nations over UN embargo vote
Cuba's foreign minister accuses the United States of using tariffs and visa restrictions to pressure countries into voting against a UN resolution calling for an end to the decades-old embargo.
In brief
Cuba's foreign minister accuses the United States of using tariffs and visa restrictions to pressure countries into voting against a UN resolution calling for an end to the decades-old embargo. Cuba accused the US of threatening countries with tariffs and visa restrictions to change their votes on a UN resolution…
Cuba accuses US of coercion
Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez says the United States is threatening countries with tariffs, visa restrictions and retaliatory measures to change their votes on an upcoming UN resolution.
The embargo and annual vote
The US embargo against Cuba began in the early nineteen sixties. Every year, a majority in the UN General Assembly votes in favour of a nonbinding resolution seeking a stop to the embargo.
What's at stake this year
Cuba says the US is using economic and diplomatic pressure to prevent countries from supporting the upcoming UN resolution calling for an end to the long-running embargo against the island.
The key point
Cuba accused the US of threatening countries with tariffs and visa restrictions to change their votes on a UN resolution seeking to end the US embargo that began in the early nineteen sixties.
