New YorkA record 17 states opposed ending the Cuba embargo.
130 states still condemned it, down from 165 last year, and 25 abstained.
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla alleged, without presenting evidence, that Washington threatened tariffs, visa denials and aid cuts.
US ambassador Mike Waltz told delegates a yes vote hands Havana a propaganda victory.
Waltz says Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered a Cuban diplomat expelled within 24 hours.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- Bloomberg Business
- BBC
- centres the UN fight on the shouting match and Waltz's forced-labour accusation against Havana
- Hindustan Times leans critical
- reports Rubio's expulsion order for diplomat Tur de la Concepcion and the iPhone-seizure dispute
- Latin America Reports
- uses the 34th-vote tally history, comparing 2024's two opposing states with this year's 17 against
- Responsible Statecraft
- reads the vote as a US pressure failure but a shifted tally, with Latin American and Caribbean abstentions rising
Sources: Bloomberg Business, Responsible Statecraft, BBC, Hindustan Times, Latin America Reports