An international coalition of Cuban democratic forces and civil society organizations made a formal appeal in Miami this Wednesday, urging democratic nations around the world to vote against—or at least abstain from—the annual resolution that the Cuban regime will present to the UN General Assembly regarding the U.S. embargo, scheduled for October 27 and 28.
The event took place at 11:00 a.m. at the headquarters of the Cuban Democratic Directorate in Miami, organized by the Cuban Resistance Assembly (ARC) and the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), as part of the Liberation Agreement.
The submitted document has gathered over 1,000 endorsements, including more than 550 signatures collected through a digital platform, from activists in Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, and Guantánamo, as well as from the diaspora in the United States, Spain, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, Sweden, Norway, Brazil, and Germany.
José Daniel Ferrer, founder of UNPACU, explained in a video shared on social media that "the letter already has about 600 signatures from opposition leaders both inside and outside of Cuba" and that it is "addressed to all democratic countries, to all delegations" that will participate in the voting.
Ferrer was straightforward in pointing out the coalition's main argument: "We are asking you to vote against that resolution because it is full of falsehoods, it is full of lies, as it blames the United States for what is solely the fault of the Cuban regime."
The ARC statement describes as "an insult to the respectability of the United Nations" the decision to put a demonstrably false resolution to a vote, referring to the preamble of the Cuban text that invokes the "need to end the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba."
The coalition also denounces the propaganda use that the regime is making of this vote: "Its approval has been presented to the Cuban people as evidence of the worldwide support for the dictatorial regime that oppresses them and as a political victory against the United States," the statement warns.
It also directly questions the participating countries: "Will those nations agree with the Castro regime's interpretation of their vote on the resolution?"
To support its argument, the ARC points out that between January and July 2026, the United States exported approximately 674 million dollars in goods to Cuba, including nearly 157 million in fuels, a figure that fundamentally contradicts the official narrative of a "total blockade."
Ferrer was even more emphatic in rejecting any legitimacy to the text: "You cannot vote in favor of that resolution. Because besides being a lie, it is promoted by a regime that is not only an enemy of the Cuban people, of their rights and freedom. It is an enemy of freedom, democracy, human rights, and market economy throughout the continent and the world."
The call comes in the context of a growing erosion of international support for the Cuban resolution: in October 2025, the resolution was approved with 165 votes in favor, seven against, and 12 abstentions, the lowest level of support in years.
In July 2026, when the regime called for an extraordinary urgent debate on the embargo, the vote to authorize that debate received only 136 votes in favor, nine against, and 30 abstentions, double that of the previous year, a sign of progressive weakening that Havana tried to present as a victory while concealing the increase in abstentions.
The annual resolution on the embargo, presented continuously since 1992, is non-binding: it expresses the majority position of the member states but does not legally obligate Washington to change its policy, the alteration of which depends solely on the U.S. Congress.
The 2026 election is scheduled for October 27 and 28, and the coalition is particularly appealing to the European Union and its member states, the United Kingdom, Norway, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Latin American democracies.
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