The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, said at a press conference in Havana: "I call on the United States to lift the unilateral coercive measures against Cuba and Cuban companies." Havana - AFP. A UN special rapporteur urged the United States on Friday to lift the embargo imposed on Cuba, calling it "serious consequences" for human rights, at the end of a ten-day mission to the island. Since the return to the White House in January, the communist island has been under American trade and financial embargo for over six decades, which President Donald Trump unprecedentedly tightened during his first term (2017-2021).
