THE UN general assembly overwhelmingly condemned the illegal 55-year US blockade of Cuba yesterday.
For the 24th year in a row, the 193-nation body approved a resolution damning the commercial, economic and financial embargo.
Representatives leapt to their feet in a standing ovation in support of the Caribbean island nation that has had the temerity to follow its own, socialist, path since 1959.
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
On January 29, US President Donald Trump declared Cuba an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat’ to US national security and tightened the blockade against the island nation MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS reports
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON


