By Doreen Hemlock
Havana Bureau
Posted November 9 2006

HAVANA · A record 183 countries of the United Nations voted Wednesday to condemn the U.S. embargo against communist-led Cuba, with one country abstaining and only three others joining the United States to endorse the tough economic sanctions.

Cuba called the vote a diplomatic triumph, marking 15 straight years that the U.N. General Assembly has rejected the embargo and urged Washington to lift it.

Indeed, Havana declared “double victory,” because an amendment proposed by Australia to condemn human rights violations in Cuba was rejected from the embargo resolution. Even so, Cuban leaders have said they expect no let-up in the sanctions, as long as George W. Bush remains in the White House.

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