From NACLA
''In a near unanimous vote at the United Nations General Assembly on
Tuesday, the vast majority of the world voted to put an end the U.S.
economic embargo against Cuba. Aside from the moral argument, the
driving principles behind the vote to end the embargo were those
regarding the sovereign equality of states, non-intervention in internal
affairs, and the freedom of international trade and navigation. In
total, 188 countries voted in favor of the resolution,
with the U.S., Israel, and Palau voting against it, and the Marshall
Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia abstaining. It was the
twenty first consecutive year that the resolution passed by an
overwhelming majority in the U.N. The last time the United States had
normal relations with Cuba, the Andy Griffith Show was the most popular
show on TV, African Americans couldn’t vote, McDonalds only had 228 locations, and Barack Obama would not be born for another year. It was indeed a different world.''
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