Cuba courts Botswana for key UN sanctions vote

The UN General Assembly is due to vote on ending the blockade on October 25 and vice president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has assured the Cuban government of Botswana’s support in the Caribbean island’s process of re-establishing diplomatic relations with the US.

Yesterday, Cuban Ambassador to Botswana, Juan Carlos Arencibia Corrales shared with the media a draft resolution on the “necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.