General Assembly votes overwhelmingly against US Cuba embargo
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The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted by a large margin against the United States’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. A total of 187 States voted for the resolution put forward each year against the embargo with only the US and Israel voting against and Ukraine abstaining.
    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      332·
      12 hours ago

      The split up of votes is crazy accurate. 2 shithole countries doing vile things want to keep oppressing another, Ukraine is too busy with their own shit, and everyone else is just trying to keep the peace status quo.

      edit: status quo is more appropriate than peace, probably

      • Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works
        33·
        15 hours ago

        I think there may be more to Ukraine’s abstention than being “too busy with their own shit,” probably they don’t want to annoy the US govt and risk having military aid further reduced.

        • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
          11·
          15 hours ago

          Likely true. On a surface level I just find it interesting how this split up can be used as a summary of the state of the world powers.