Cuba seeks foreign investment, thumbing nose at US sanctions
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U N Votes to End US Embargo on Cuba; US and Israel Oppose
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The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba as the communist-run island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades, with shortages of food, fuel and medicine. The non-binding resolution was approved by 187 countries and opposed only by the United States and Israel, with Ukraine abstaining. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said in a speech before the assembly that the "blockade prevents Cuba from accessing food, medicines, and technological and medical equipment."