00:00The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn America's economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th consecutive year.
00:10But U.S. pressure led a number of countries to abstain or vote against the resolution.
00:17Cuba's foreign minister denounced the blockade, saying it targets civilians.
00:24These measures are deliberately afflicted upon the people and families of Cuba.
00:29These decisions are the result of political decision and purposeful design.
00:35There's an attempt with these measures to bring about a humanitarian crisis in Cuba and to use it as a
00:41weapon.
00:43In Havana, residents are under mounting pressure as they grapple with a range of urgent daily challenges.
00:50Power outages, shortages of water and medicine and soaring prices are all making life increasingly hard.
00:59From yesterday until now, there's been no electricity.
01:03Ask people facing difficulties if their needs have been met.
01:07We need change.
01:08We urgently need change so that we no longer go through so much sorrow, no longer endure the hardship I'm
01:15experiencing.
01:17There has to be a day when the embargo ends.
01:20We cannot live like this for the rest of our lives.
01:24The U.S. embargo against Cuba was first introduced in 1960.
01:29The Trump administration escalated the blockade in January, imposing sanctions on nations supplying oil to the Caribbean island nation.
01:38The U.S.
01:38And the U.S.
