The United States should end its economic embargo on Cuba

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Washington and Havana are facing sharper confrontation after new U.S. sanctions targeting Cuban officials and military-linked elites, amid accusations of repression and threats to U.S. national security. The dispute is also being fueled by Cuba’s economic and energy crisis, migration pressures, and renewed legal/political pressure over assets seized after the Cuban Revolution.

Shrinking support for an annual General Assembly resolution highlights changing diplomatic alignments over Washington's restrictions on Cuba. Most voting states still favoured ending the embargo, but increased opposition and abstentions exposed the impact of US lobbying without changing the measures' legal status.