Bolivian leaders highlight Cuba’s victory against the US blockade

La Paz, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and former president Evo Morales praised on social networks the condemnation of the blockade of the United States against Cuba in the United Nations.

November 3, 2023
07:59

“From the Plurinational State of #Bolivia we endorse the revolutionary victory of the brave people of #Cuba in the General Assembly of the United Nations,” Arce wrote on social networks.

The president stated that “the people of the world united in one voice demanded the end of the criminal economic, financial and commercial blockade of more than 60 years against the Cuban people.”

Morales, posted that “once again the world tells the United States that the blockade imposed against Cuba is illegal and criminal.”

“This is not the time of empires, but of the people,” he wrote. “We will not stop fighting against this genocidal blockade. We salute and congratulate the Cuban people and their revolutionary government for a new resounding victory. #MejorSinBloqueo #BloqueoGenocida (#BetterWithoutBlockade #GenocidalBlockade),” the former president concluded.

The international community voted 187 in favor and 2 against(the United States and Israel), with one abstention (Ukraine)in the UN General Assembly for the ending of the retaliation of more than 60 years.

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