US points to increase in abstentions in General Assembly as evidence that push to isolate Cuba is slowly succeeding.

The U.N. General Assembly has condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year.

Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla gestures as he speaks during a press conference where he denounced US “extreme actions” to undermine support for UN vote against the blockade, in Havana on October 21, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Cuba's entire electrical grid collapsed Friday, triggering a nationwide blackout with cellphone and internet outages reported across the island.

The US and Cuba clashed Monday at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz hosted a "Cuba Libre" panel with dissidents and former prisoners in an...