The Trump administration continues to roll back former President Barack Obama’s efforts to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba. On Wednesday, the United States voted against a U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Last year, the U.S. abstained from voting on a similar resolution. On Wednesday, Cubans expressed frustration with the embargo. This is Cuban student Yoel González.

Yoel González: “Unlike last year, when we obtained an abstention from the United States, and now back to the vote against. With regards to Trump’s policy, we can say that it’s another maneuver that is being used by that U.S. president against Cuban politics. But still we have hopes. There has always been hope. But let’s say this year we reaffirm our hopes that in later years the blockade against Cuba, which has caused so much damage throughout history, could possibly be eliminated.”