UN Vote, a Call to Obama to Lift Blockade on Cuba
Brazilian journalist Beto Almeida asserted that the overwhelming vote against the economic blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba is a strong call to President Barack Obama to end this criminal policy.
The United Nations General Assembly approved by 187 votes in favor, three against and two abstentions (Micronesia and Marshal Islands) the resolution "Need to End the Economic, Trade and Financial Blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."
In the vote, support for Cuba increased by two as compared to that in 2008, while the United States was left alone in the company of Israel and Palau.
This is the 18th consecutive time for the same number of years that the plenary session of this world forum rejects the siege imposed by Washington against the Caribbean island for almost half a century.
"This overwhelming vote in the UN General Assembly is a strong call to Obama to finally put an end to this criminal blockade, also for him to be in tune with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize that he recently received," Almeida said.
He pointed out that some day, the history of a country (Cuba) will be written in detail, explaining that in spite of extremely harsh restrictions imposed by the most extended blockade in history, has achieved a high educational and public health development rate.
The Brazilian journalist also emphasized that the history of a country (Cuba) that in spite of this blockade sends doctors and teachers to all the continents of the world, while those who want to maintain that seige just send assassins and weapons for repression.
"As a black man, President Obama should feel encouraged by this UN vote to understand the historical right the Cuban people has conquered with its international solidarity towards several other countries, and also when 350 million Cubans went to Africa, origin of the US president's ancestors, to defeat apartheid, one of the most infamous systems of repression and discrimination in modern times," Almeida pointed out.
After recalling that Obama was elected on the basis that he was proclaiming change, the Telesur station director in Brazil said the UN vote is also a call to change the US foreign policy of oppression and aggression against the Cuban people.
The United Nations General Assembly approved by 187 votes in favor, three against and two abstentions (Micronesia and Marshal Islands) the resolution "Need to End the Economic, Trade and Financial Blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."
In the vote, support for Cuba increased by two as compared to that in 2008, while the United States was left alone in the company of Israel and Palau.
This is the 18th consecutive time for the same number of years that the plenary session of this world forum rejects the siege imposed by Washington against the Caribbean island for almost half a century.
"This overwhelming vote in the UN General Assembly is a strong call to Obama to finally put an end to this criminal blockade, also for him to be in tune with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize that he recently received," Almeida said.
He pointed out that some day, the history of a country (Cuba) will be written in detail, explaining that in spite of extremely harsh restrictions imposed by the most extended blockade in history, has achieved a high educational and public health development rate.
The Brazilian journalist also emphasized that the history of a country (Cuba) that in spite of this blockade sends doctors and teachers to all the continents of the world, while those who want to maintain that seige just send assassins and weapons for repression.
"As a black man, President Obama should feel encouraged by this UN vote to understand the historical right the Cuban people has conquered with its international solidarity towards several other countries, and also when 350 million Cubans went to Africa, origin of the US president's ancestors, to defeat apartheid, one of the most infamous systems of repression and discrimination in modern times," Almeida pointed out.
After recalling that Obama was elected on the basis that he was proclaiming change, the Telesur station director in Brazil said the UN vote is also a call to change the US foreign policy of oppression and aggression against the Cuban people.
Source:
Prensa Latina
Date:
29/10/2009