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Washington abstains from annual UN vote blasting its blockade

THE US sensationally abstained in the United Nations’ annual vote condemning its own blockade of Cuba yesterday for the first time in 24 years.

Washington’s UN ambassador Samantha Power (pictured) admitted the US policy had failed and had in fact “undermined the goals it set out to achieve.”

Earlier anonymous diplomats said Ms Power would list parts of the motion Washington objects to, despite the government’s overall support for lifting the embargo.

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