{"id":7827,"date":"2022-11-06T21:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2022-11-06T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T21:21:11","slug":"98-of-the-u-n-just-voted-to-end-the-u-s-blockade-for-the-30th-year-in-a-row-so-why-is-the-u-s-refusing-to-comply-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/98-of-the-u-n-just-voted-to-end-the-u-s-blockade-for-the-30th-year-in-a-row-so-why-is-the-u-s-refusing-to-comply-2\/","title":{"rendered":"98% of the U.N. Just Voted to End the U.S. Blockade for the 30th Year In A Row. So Why is the U.S. Refusing to Comply?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.N. voted 185-2 to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba. This is the 30th year in a row the U.N. has voted to do so. So why is the U.S. refusing to comply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See explanation why the U.S. first enacted the blockade and why it\u2019s universally condemned, including by the people of the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The U.S Blockeade on Cuba explained\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/767846158?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"747\" height=\"417\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.N. voted 185-2 to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba. This is the 30th year in a row the U.N. has voted to do so. So why is the U.S. refusing to comply?<\/p>\n<p>See explanation why the U.S. first enacted the blockade and why it\u2019s universally condemned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[52,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-blockeade","category-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7824,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/98-of-the-u-n-just-voted-to-end-the-u-s-blockade-for-the-30th-year-in-a-row-so-why-is-the-u-s-refusing-to-comply\/","url_meta":{"origin":7827,"position":0},"title":"98% of the U.N. Just Voted to End the U.S. Blockade for the 30th Year In A Row. So Why is the U.S. Refusing to Comply?","author":"Editorial Team","date":"November 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The U.N. voted 185-2 to end the U.S. blockade of Cuba. This is the 30th year in a row the U.N. has voted to do so. So why is the U.S. refusing to comply? See explanation why the U.S. first enacted the blockade and why it's universally condemned, including by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/UN-vote-about-U.S-Blockeade-Cuba.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/UN-vote-about-U.S-Blockeade-Cuba.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/UN-vote-about-U.S-Blockeade-Cuba.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/UN-vote-about-U.S-Blockeade-Cuba.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/UN-vote-about-U.S-Blockeade-Cuba.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7870,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/entire-world-votes-185-to-2-against-blockade-of-cuba-us-and-israel-are-rogue-states-at-un\/","url_meta":{"origin":7827,"position":1},"title":"Entire world votes 185 to 2 against blockade of Cuba &#8211; US and Israel are rogue states at UN","author":"Editorial Team","date":"November 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For the 30th year in a row, almost every country on Earth voted at the United Nations General Assembly to oppose the illegal six-decade US blockade of Cuba. 185 nations voted against just two: the United States and Israel. 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Everything would be better without a blockade. The United States would be a better country without a blockade. The world would be a better place without hostilities,\u201d Bruno Rodriguez concluded.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cuba&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cuba","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/cuba\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-10-22-at-22.22.15.png?fit=690%2C481&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-10-22-at-22.22.15.png?fit=690%2C481&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-10-22-at-22.22.15.png?fit=690%2C481&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8346,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-scores-a-big-victory-in-the-un-general-assembly\/","url_meta":{"origin":7827,"position":3},"title":"Cuba Scores a Big Victory in the UN General Assembly","author":"Editorial Team","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The United Nations General Assembly on November 2 voted to approve a Cuban resolution that, unchanged over 31 consecutive years, calls for an end to the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba. 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