General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US Cuba embargo
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The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted by a large margin against the United States’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. A total of 187 States voted for the resolution put forward each year against the embargo with only the US and Israel voting against and Ukraine abstaining.
  • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
    2·
    5 days ago

    I’m not sure why they bother with the vote. Everyone else trades and vacations in Cuba. U.S. doesn’t. Life goes on.

    • viking@infosec.pub
      1·
      5 days ago

      The issue is that the USD is the main trade currency in the world, and all transactions in USD need to be cleared by banks in the US. Since Cuba is banned from trading in USD, they need to trade directly in their import/export partners home currency, which exposes them to additional currency fluctuations, and complicates the whole settlement process.

    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 days ago

      UN isn’t a world government.

      Someone is gonna have to enforce it.

      Who is willing to send a navy? Anyone? Yea that’s what really matters. UN votes are just performative.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
        02·
        5 days ago

        Would it really take a navy?

        If all these countries started sending joint floatillas to Cuba loaded with supplies, what would the US actually do? Blow them up? Seize them and arrest the crew?

        I kinda doubt it. Maybe if Mexico did it by themselves or something they’d try, but all its allies at the same time? Would the US destroy itself just to enforce this embargo?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    1·
    5 days ago

    Holy crap.

    I see the headline and I’m thinking… well, all countries would vote for that, except for the US, Israel, because of course, and well, Ukraine probably wouldn’t want to vote because yes or no will anger allies.

    And that seems to be exact the vote

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      The split up of votes is crazy accurate. 2 shithole countries doing vile things want to keep oppressing another, Ukraine is too busy with their own shit, and everyone else is just trying to keep the peace status quo.

      edit: status quo is more appropriate than peace, probably

      • Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works
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        5 days ago

        I think there may be more to Ukraine’s abstention than being “too busy with their own shit,” probably they don’t want to annoy the US govt and risk having military aid further reduced.