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[CigarJohn]

UN condemns US embargo of Cuba _ again

Published - Oct 25 2011 11:34AM CST

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelming to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba for the 20th year in a row.

With only Israel joining the United States, as it did last year in voting against the symbolic measure, the final tally Tuesday was 186-2.

The small Pacific nations of Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands abstained as they did in 2010.

Envoys for Vietnam, Russia, Nicaragua and many other countries, as well as the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement, spoke in favor of ending the embargo, calling it a Cold War anachronism that unnecessarily harms ordinary people.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says the sanctions have caused direct economic damages of close to $1 trillion over nearly half a century.

[Lurch]

When they lift the embargo I will be fly down a day or two later before all the rest of the Americans get down there and eff it up.