Reuters reports that the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted its 27th annual resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba. This after a failed bid by Washington to amend the text to push Cuba to improve its human rights record.
The U.N. vote can carry political weight. Only the U.S. Congress can lift the more than 50-year-old embargo, though. The United States and Israel voted against the resolution.189 countries voted in favor.