The newspaper described as overwhelming the victory of Cuba, which received the support of 187 States in its claim to put an end to this economic, commercial and financial siege, imposed for more than six decades and considered an act of war in times of peace.

Only the United States and Israel voted against the declaration, while Ukraine abstained. The vote is almost the same as last year’s, except that this time Brazil rejected the blockade, the text notes.

It also recalls the words of the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, who assured that this policy is aimed at annulling the capacity of the Government to attend to the needs of the population, creating a situation of ungovernability and destroying the constitutional order.

The resolution advocates “the equality of States, non-intervention in internal affairs, and freedom of trade and international navigation”. Although it is endorsed every year, the United States systematically fails to comply with it, the article expresses.

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