The United Nations has voted again (187-3) to condemn the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. For the 18th consecutive year, the General Assembly passed this resolution with nearly universal support. Such an unpopular policy surely deserves a second look; it deserves to be stopped. And the time is NOW.
For the last eight years, this vote was seen as a rebuke of the Bush Administration. But the embargo, as it stands, is Obama's policy. If the United States is to be a leader in the world community, we have to be a good neighbor, too. This policy doesn't work! The embargo has failed on all fronts for 50 years. It has caused great suffering for the Cuban people. Every country in the Western Hemisphere now has full diplomatic relations with Cuba, and U.S.-Cuba policy stands in the way of better relations with Latin America. It's embarrassing and it harms U.S. interests. Let the President know.
President Obama has taken small, though significant, steps towards engaging Cuba. But the main apparatus of the U.S. trade and travel blockade against Cuba is still securely in place. We're asking the Obama Administration to take immediate action to remove this blot on U.S. foreign policy and regain the trust of the world.
Email President Obama today. Tell him to urge Congress to lift the travel ban nd end the embargo on Cuba.
Action Alert update provided by Latin America Working Group.
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