Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Slams UN for Voting Against Cuba Embargo

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., a leading congressional Republican on foreign affairs, came out swinging at the United Nations General Assembly after it voted against the U.S. embargo on the Castro regime.

For the 23rd time, the representatives at the U.N. General Assembly have demonstrated their disconnection from the realities in Cuba by ignoring gross human rights violations and the lack of fundamental freedoms for the Cuban people as a result of Castros tyrannical regime, Ros-Lehtinen said on Tuesday. The international community should focus its efforts on being a voice for pro-democracy forces in Cuba and condemn the abuses perpetrated by the regime of Havana.

The vote at the United Nations General Assembly negligently overlooks the duplicitous behavior of the Castro regime at the international stage when a shipment of military equipment originating from Cuba was intercepted in Panama destined for North Korea, in violation of several U.N. Security Council Resolutions, Ros-Lehtinen added. We commend and thank our close friend, the democratic state of Israel, for joining us in voting against this senseless resolution.