Segura challenges Cuba’s anti-embargo draft ahead of UN vote

Juan Pablo Segura, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, warned about the upcoming resolution Havana will present to the UN General Assembly concerning the embargo.

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said the text, titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” will be put to a vote on Wednesday, October 28. Cuba introduced the draft for the 33rd consecutive time.

Segura argued that supporting the resolution would, in his view, reaffirm false arguments by the Cuban government and delay political and economic reforms. Marco Rubio has maintained that the population’s hardships stem not from U.S. measures but from the economic model and the actions of Cuba’s leaders.