In a press conference we provided evidence of the US brutal pressures and threats against the @UN member States aimed at forcing them to change their vote on the resolution against the blockade. Those pressures and threats are being personally conducted by the Secretary of State and his representative to the UN. They have spent months doing that. Their methods of persuasion include threats of punitive tariffs against governments, suspension of cooperation programs, denial of visas for government officials and their relatives, support to opposition forces during upcoming elections and even political distabilization. There are also some documents circulating that contain clear and threatening messages by the US government against several governments and their delegations before the UN. The US government has attempted to contact several governments so that they can play the role of leaders and motivate others to change their historical position on the Cuban resolution. As ridiculous as it may seem, it has gone to the extreme of suggesting some countries to abstain or, ultimately, to be absent from the vote if they find it impossible to vote against Cuba. This is a new and dangerous way to engage in multilateral diplomacy. It is a reflection of the impotence of someone who is wrong, whose only available recourse is the use of force. #CubaIsNotAThreat The Blockade Is.