UN: UNGA votes against US blockade of Cuba 191-2

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) approved a resolution condemning the US blockade of Cuba, with only the US and Israel opposed, in New York, Tuesday. Out of 193 member states at the General Assembly, 191 voted in support of the resolution titled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba." Despite the US and Cuba "normalising" economic cooperation and re-establishing diplomatic relations, the US representative voted against the resolution. The Israeli authorities joined the United States in voting no. The US authorities imposed the trade blockade on Cuba in 1960, after Cuban revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista, a US-backed dictator.