Segura highlights goods sent to Cuba before U.N. vote

Juan Pablo Segura spoke as the U.N. General Assembly prepared to vote on Cuba's resolution opposing the embargo. Segura, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, emphasized goods trade with Cuba by citing exports during 2025. The statement placed economic data within a diplomatic discussion of policy toward the island and added an appeal to the international community.

The official said U.S. shipments to Cuba exceeded $810 million that year. The figure states the economic value of the goods, not their physical quantity. The excerpt containing the announcement identifies no specific products and provides no sector breakdown, so the total does not show which components carried greater weight. It covers all of 2025 rather than an individual shipment or isolated operation.

Segura also called for international support for the Cuban people and distinguished that aid from support for the regime. His appeal was not limited to the trade reference: it included an explicit position on who should benefit from international solidarity. The embargo reference and appeal to support the population appeared in the same communication rather than as separate matters.

The statement was distributed in a message posted on X on a Monday. The passage gives no calendar date for that day, while the export period is identified as 2025. That difference separates the publication moment from the period covered by the amount. The vote is described as approaching, but available information does not give its outcome or a response from other governments. The communication thus combines an annual figure with a political intervention before the U.N. debate.