Cuba accuses US of threatening countries ahead of UN embargo vote

Cuba has accused the United States of threatening countries with tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures in an effort to get them to change their votes on an upcoming United Nations resolution calling for an end to the long-running embargo against the island. Every year, a majority in the UN General Assembly votes in favour of a nonbinding resolution seeking a stop to the US embargo, which began in the early 1960s. The embargo, considered the longest in modern history, has been credited with exacerbating economic hardship on the island.