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Cuban ambassadors ask Canada to reject U.S. embargo and fuel blockade
Cuban ambassadors have asked Canada to renew its rejection of U.S. measures against Cuba.
The request concerns a U.S. embargo and fuel blockade.
An embargo restricts trade, while a fuel blockade concerns access to fuel.
The ambassadors want Canada to continue opposing these measures.
The request puts Canada's position on Cuba at the center of the issue.
No response from Canada or next step is specified.
Cuban Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz urged Canada to maintain its public opposition to the U.S. embargo and fuel blockade.
The United Nations is set to vote next week on a Cuban motion calling for an end to the U.S. embargo.
Canada has voted in favour of the motion multiple times.
The U.S. has cut off Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba and threatened tariffs on countries selling oil to the island.
Cuba faces fuel shortages and frequent blackouts, while Ottawa has pledged $13 million in humanitarian aid for Cubans.
- Who
- Cuban Ambassador to Canada Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz urged Ottawa to maintain its opposition to the U.S. embargo.
- What
- Cuba is asking Canada to continue backing a United Nations motion calling for an end to the U.S. embargo.
- When
- The appeal was reported on October 24, 2026. The UN vote is set for next week.
- Where
- The request is directed to Canada; the motion will be voted on at the United Nations.
- Why
- Cuba says the embargo and fuel blockade are harming its people. It wants Canada to continue opposing U.S. sanctions.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Cuba has put forward a UN motion calling for the end of the U.S. embargo nearly every year.
Cuba has faced an economic crisis, with critical shortages and severe blackouts.
Washington cut off Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba.
Air Canada and other airlines cancelled flights to Cuba because of aviation fuel shortages.
The United Nations is set to vote on Cuba’s motion to end the embargo.
- Cuban ambassador
- Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz
- UN motion
- Cuba has put it forward nearly every year since 1992
- Cuba’s fuel production
- 40 per cent of its needs
- Canadian humanitarian aid
- $13 million
- Vote timing
- Next week
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What people are saying
We are confident that Canada will stay with us, as they have done in the past
The blockade and this intensification is, in practice, killing people.
We would like to have a normal relationship with the U.S. We are ready for dialogue.
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