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November 8, 2019

Brazil Sides with U.S. at U.N. Vote Condemning U.S. Embargo on Cuba
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Brazil has sided with the United States for the first time in choosing
not to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba during the annual United
Nations resolution vote Thursday. The U.N. General Assembly still voted
overwhelmingly to condemn the U.S. embargo, with 187 out of 193
countries voting against the United States. This is Cuban Foreign
Minister Bruno Rodriguez.

Bruno Rodríguez: "The blockade has caused incalculable humanitarian
damages. It is a flagrant, massive and systematic violation of human
rights. It qualifies as an act of genocide under Articles 2(b) and (c)
of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide adopted in 1948. There is not one single family that has not
suffered the consequences of this."



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