Cuba slams US pressure campaign ahead of UN vote

THE US is "intimidating" countries into voting against a resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) that calls for an end to the decades-long US embargo on Cuba, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said this week.

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Speaking at a press conference in Havana, Rodriguez accused the White House of exerting "intimidating and deceptive" pressure, particularly on countries in Latin America and Europe, in an attempt to sway these nations' positions on the resolution.