The measure received 165 votes in favor, seven against, and 12 abstentions, in a context marked by an intense diplomatic pressure campaign by Washington to weaken international support for Havana.

The result reflects, once again, the isolation of US policy on an issue that has transcended ideological divisions and geopolitical alignments.

Despite covert efforts by the United States, diplomatic warnings, and a confrontational discourse from its new representation at the UN, the international community once again expressed its rejection of the unilateral blockade that affects all aspects of the Caribbean nation’s life.

During the debate before the vote, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez submitted a detailed report on the effects of the US blockade, which estimates the accumulated economic damages at more than 7.5 billion dollars over the last year, a 49 percent increase compared to the previous period.

Rodriguez denounced Washington’s policy as “a systematic aggression” and harshly criticized the speech by the US representative, whom he accused of disseminating “an infamous, threatening, and cynical discourse,” linked, he affirmed, to extremist sectors of the anti-Cuban diaspora in Miami.

The vote took place at a time of high global tension, with ongoing armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and trade disputes that have fractured international consensus.

After the vote, President Miguel Diaz-Canel emphasized on social media that “the crude Yankee pressure managed to break a few. But the world majority voted again with Cuba for Life.”

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