Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla characterized the U.S. energy blockade as an act of collective punishment and economic war against Cuba

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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz stated after the October 28, 2026 vote that Washington's diplomatic efforts had tripled the number of countries shifting their positions on the UN resolution condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba

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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel accused the U.S. of using gangster-like coercion, pressure, and blackmail to influence member states ahead of the October 28, 2026 UN vote on the Cuba embargo resolution

Latin American nations Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Paraguay, plus Bosnia, Lithuania, Morocco, North Macedonia, and Slovenia, joined 12 others voting against the UN resolution on the U.S. embargo on Cuba on October 28, 2026

The U.S. economic embargo on Cuba was established after Fidel Castro's revolution overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista and nationalized property belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations

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The United Kingdom government sanctioned 15 military commanders, militia leaders, and security officials from both sides of Sudan's conflict

The United Kingdom's October 26, 2026 sanctions target commanders from the Rapid Support Forces, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and leaders of armed groups allied to the army

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The UK's October 26, 2026 sanctions on 15 Sudanese military commanders were imposed one year after the fall of al-Fashir, the North Darfur capital that became a focal point of Sudan's war

The United Kingdom government stated that its October 26, 2026 sanctions were intended to hold perpetrators of human rights abuses accountable in Sudan's ongoing conflict