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Cuba accuses Rubio of pressuring countries ahead of UN blockade vote
Cuba’s foreign minister accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of pressuring governments before a United Nations vote.
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said Rubio was trying to change countries’ positions on a resolution calling for the US trade and financial blockade of Cuba to be lifted.
The vote is scheduled for October 24 at the UN General Assembly.
The United States has enforced the blockade for nearly 70 years, according to the account.
The vote is about whether the UN should call for Washington to end those restrictions.
Rodriguez said the pressure was aimed at influencing how countries vote, but no response from Rubio or the US government was given.
Countries will vote on the blockade resolution on October 24; Russia traditionally supports Cuba’s call to lift it.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of pressuring countries ahead of a UN vote on the US blockade of Cuba.
Rodriguez said Rubio was trying to change countries’ positions in the UN General Assembly vote.
He also accused Rubio of using lies and new measures to conceal what he called collective punishment of the Cuban people.
The vote on lifting the blockade is scheduled for October 24.
Russia traditionally supports Cuba’s demand to lift the blockade, according to TASS.
- Who
- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- What
- Rodriguez alleged Rubio was pressuring countries to change their positions ahead of a UN vote on lifting the US blockade of Cuba.
- When
- The article was published on October 15, 2026. The vote is scheduled for October 24.
- Where
- The vote will take place at the UN General Assembly.
- Why
- Rodriguez said Rubio was seeking to influence countries’ positions ahead of the vote.
Cuban government
US government
Pressure before the vote
Cuban government
Rodriguez accused Rubio of pressuring and blackmailing leaders to change their positions.
US government
Rubio’s response is not stated in the article.
The blockade
Cuban government
Cuba demands that the blockade be lifted.
US government
The United States has enforced the blockade for nearly 70 years, according to the article.
TASS published Rodriguez’s accusation that Rubio was pressuring countries ahead of the UN vote.
A UN General Assembly vote on lifting the blockade is scheduled.
- Accuser
- Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
- Accused
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Vote date
- October 24
- Voting body
- UN General Assembly
- Blockade duration
- Nearly 70 years
What people are saying
The US Secretary of State, nervous and anxious about the prospect of another defeat at the UN, is exerting pressure and resorting to blackmail against the heads of state and government of a number of countries in an attempt to get them to change their position during the vote at the UN General Assembly on the blockade
Through constant lies and new measures, he seeks to use a smokescreen to conceal the collective punishment he is inflicting on the Cuban people, while at the same time attempting to make the rest of the international community complicit in this barbarity