UN General Assembly condemns US embargo of Cuba 130-17, and the US expels a Cuban diplomat
Summary
U.S. and Cuban officials engaged in a shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday 27 October, ABC News and the LA Times reported, the interaction beginning after U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz took the podium to argue against supporting the annual resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo against the island, NBC News reporting that Waltz accused Cuba's government of corruption and Fortune that Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez called Waltz a liar. On Wednesday 28 October the General Assembly condemned the embargo for the 34th year, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, the vote being 130-17 with 25 abstentions, a notable decrease in support from last year, when more than 160 nations supported the measure and only 12 abstained, and the LA Times and PBS NewsHour wrote that Washington's campaign to influence the outcome led a number of countries to vote against the resolution or sit out the vote for the first time. Bloomberg reported that the number of countries opposing the motion was the most ever after a push by President Donald Trump's administration to curb support. The NY Times reported on Thursday 29 October that the United States expelled a Cuban diplomat after the fiery showdown at the United Nations, and Cuba has welcomed the diplomat home, the Inquirer and ABC News reported on Friday 30 October.
Latest: Cuba welcomed home the diplomat expelled by the United States after a heated confrontation at the United Nations this week, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
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How it unfolded
Friday 30 October
Cuba welcomed home the diplomat expelled by the United States after a heated confrontation at the United Nations this week, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
- 13:37ABC News Cuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN
- 13:07The Philadelphia Inquirer Cuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN
Thursday 29 October
The United States expelled a Cuban diplomat after the fiery showdown at the United Nations, The NY Times reported, writing that tensions have risen as the Trump administration tries to force the island's Communist government to make drastic changes.
- 14:37The NY Times U.S. Expels Cuban Diplomat After Fiery Showdown at United Nations
Wednesday 28 October
The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year, 130-17 with 25 abstentions, a notable decrease in support from last year, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, Bloomberg writing that the number of countries opposing the motion was the most ever after a push by the Trump administration, and Fortune reported that Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez called U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz a liar in the confrontation ahead of the vote.
- 18:50PBS NewsHour UN condemns U.S. economic embargo of Cuba though more nations sit out amid Trump push
- 12:42The Philadelphia Inquirer U.N. condemns U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, though more nations sit out after Trump administration push
- 12:31The Philadelphia Inquirer UN condemns US economic embargo of Cuba though more nations sit out after Trump administration push
- 12:25Bloomberg US Wins Over 23 More Countries in UN Vote Against Cuba Embargo
- 11:53LA Times U.N. condemns U.S. economic embargo of Cuba
- 11:30The Philadelphia Inquirer UN condemns US economic embargo of Cuba though some nations sit out after Trump administration push
- 08:01The Philadelphia Inquirer UN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public
- 00:11ABC News UN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public
- 12:28Fortune Subscribers‘This is America. Back up’: U.S. and Cuban diplomats clash in shouting match at the United Nations
Tuesday 27 October
U.S. and Cuban officials engaged in a shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly, ABC News and the LA Times reported, after U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz took the podium to argue against the annual resolution condemning the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.