Ambassador talks about Cuban embargo
Cuban ambassador in Hanoi Fredesman Turro Gonzalez held a talk
themed “the US must lift the embargo against Cuba” in Hanoi on October
26.
Cuban ambassador in Hanoi Fredesman Turro Gonzalez held a talk
themed “the US must lift the embargo against Cuba” in Hanoi on October
26.
The talk was co-organised by the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations and the Cuban embassy in Hanoi, on the occasion of the 18th consecutive time that Cuba will submit a report named “The necessity to end the US economic, trade and financial embargo against Cuba” to the United Nations General Assembly on October 28.
The Cuban ambassador recounted the history of the US siege and embargo against Cuba for nearly 50 years and analysed the economic, trade and medical impact it has had on the Cuban people.
Last year, 185 out of 192 UN member countries supported the Resolution on the necessity for the US to end the embargo./.
The talk was co-organised by the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Associations and the Cuban embassy in Hanoi, on the occasion of the 18th consecutive time that Cuba will submit a report named “The necessity to end the US economic, trade and financial embargo against Cuba” to the United Nations General Assembly on October 28.
The Cuban ambassador recounted the history of the US siege and embargo against Cuba for nearly 50 years and analysed the economic, trade and medical impact it has had on the Cuban people.
Last year, 185 out of 192 UN member countries supported the Resolution on the necessity for the US to end the embargo./.
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