The facts
At the United Nations, the United States and Cuba clashed ahead of the annual General Assembly vote on the U.S. economic embargo. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz hosted a panel titled “Cuba Libre,” featuring dissidents and former prisoners, and urged countries to reject the resolution condemning the embargo, denouncing what he called 70 years of Cuban propaganda. AP reporting noted that footage from the panel appeared to show Cuban citizens being detained; Havana denies holding political prisoners, though activist groups have documented thousands of political detainees. Cuban Ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán called the U.S. event a sham and described the embargo as collective punishment. The non‑binding vote has been held for 34 years; last year it passed 165‑7 with 12 abstentions.
Our take
Well, look who decided to haul their dusty, decades‑old dick‑swinging routine onto the world stage again. The United States and Cuba are back at the UN, two geriatric prizefighters in a ring where the bell rang 60 fucking years ago and nobody bothered to tell them the fight was over. It’s the annual Let’s All Vote To Condemn The U.S. Embargo pageant, a non‑binding feel‑good circle jerk where 165 countries say “stop it” and a handful, led by America, say “make us.” This year the U.S. tried to spice up the pre‑game show with a panel called “Cuba Libre,” about as subtle as naming a pro‑life rally The Uterus Eviction Celebration. Ambassador Waltz, whose job now reads like a human cringe compilation, stood with dissidents and former prisoners to denounce 70 years of Cuban propaganda. The footage allegedly showed Cuban citizens being detained, which Havana denies - because admitting it would require a shred of honesty, a commodity scarcer than a working toilet in a Havana hotel. Cuban Ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, not to be outdone, called the U.S. event a sham and the embargo collective punishment. He’s right, of course, but coming from a regime that locks up its own people for “wrongthink,” it’s like a serial arsonist complaining the fire department’s water is too cold. The whole spectacle is a masterclass in wasted time, oxygen, and diplomatic posturing. Two governments, both fundamentally shitty to their own people in different ways, using an utterly symbolic UN vote as an excuse to preen while ordinary Cubans keep getting fucked from both sides. The only collective punishment here is making the world sit through this annual farce again. Fuck off and sort your own houses out, you vanity‑stricken pricks.
