UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push

United Nations UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push US points to increase in abstentions in General Assembly as evidence that push to isolate Cuba is slowly succeeding. Add Al Jazeera on Google United Nations member states voted to end the economic commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US on Cuba in the General Assembly in New York [File: Peter Foley/EPA] By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 28 Oct 2026 28 Oct 2026 The United Nations General Assembly has again voted in favour of a resolution condemning the United States’s economic embargo of Cuba despite a push by US officials to peel off support.