UN resolution urges U.S. to lift Cuba embargo

Amanda Dominguez:
The General Assembly Overwhelmingly approved a resolution for the U.S to lift its embargo on Cuba. The embargo that was place on Cuba in 1962 has restricted trade and travel to and from the United States. The 192 member assembly as 182-3 with to abstentions. The only ones who vote againts the resolution were the United States, Israel and Palau, a small country in he pacific.
Cuban foriegn minister Felipe Perez Roque gave a speech calling the U.S isolated and claiming that the whole world supports Cuba, which from the voting turn out, might not be that far from the truth.
U.S diplomat Ron Goddard made the claim that the U.S and every other country has the right to restrict trade and travel with any country they want. He also made the vague claim that the reason for the embargo was because Cuba was undemocratic state and that it restricts political and economic freedom for its people. The thing that struck me about this statement is that that criteria applies to half the major countries we trade with. There has to be a bigger reason for the embargo on Cuba. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.