Overview
- Tuesday's General Assembly debate on Cuba's annual resolution was briefly suspended after a loud exchange between U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.
- The United States urged members to vote against the text and denied it is imposing reprisals, with Ambassador Waltz telling the Assembly there is no 'blockade.'
- Cuba presented an official report saying the embargo cost $8,056 million between March 2025 and February 2026 and accused Washington of 'extreme and unprecedented' pressure on other states to change their votes.
- Brazil announced it will back the resolution and cited UN human‑rights findings of prolonged power outages, disrupted medical supplies and warnings that children have died because of shortages.
- The nonbinding vote set for Oct. 28 will measure whether global support holds after a weaker 2025 result and will be watched for any shifts among Latin American governments and third‑party commercial partners.