As in past years, the vote in the annual ritual was overwhelming, with 186 nations -- including most of Washington's closest allies -- supporting the resolution on the embargo, a result virtually unchanged from last year.
Only Israel, heavily dependent on US backing in the Middle East, supported the United States in opposing the non-binding resolution, while the tiny Pacific states of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau abstained.
In January, President Barack Obama further loosened curbs on US travel and remittances to Cuba. He said last month he was ready to change Cuba policy but was still waiting for signals from Havana such as the release of political prisoners and guarantees of basic human rights. But Obama has not lifted the 49-year-old trade embargo and analysts see no chance of him doing so as he faces a re-election campaign next year. Many staunchly anti-communist Cuban exiles live in the electoral key state of Florida.
For more: UN assembly calls on the US (for the 20th time) to lift trade embargo against Cuba — MercoPress
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