FARNOUSH AMIRI,联合国 — 美国与古巴周一在联合国发生激烈交锋，特朗普政府再次试图凝聚反对意见，为即将举行的年度投票谴责长达数十年的美国对哈瓦那的经济禁运。
FARNOUSH AMIRI UNITED NATIONS — The United States and Cuba clashed Monday at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington’s decades-long economic embargo against Havana.
美国常驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔兹（Mike Waltz）主持了“古巴自由”圆桌会，邀请异见人士和前囚犯，旨在凸显他所称古巴政府的压迫行为。
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz hosted a “Cuba Libre” panel with dissidents and former prisoners in an effort to highlight what he called the oppressive behavior of the island’s government.
会议上展示了看似古巴公民被拘留的明确画面，与会者描述多年因批评政府而遭受酷刑和迫害。
The event included explicit footage of what appeared to be Cuban citizens being detained and panelists describing being tortured and persecuted for years for speaking out against the government. Havana has long denied holding political prisoners, but activist groups have registered thousands imprisoned for political reasons.
哈瓦那长期否认羁押政治犯，但活动组织机构已登记数千人因政治原因入狱。
“This is the oppression that Havana wants to hide,” Waltz said during the event at the U.N. headquarters, while urging countries to look past “70 years of propaganda” and vote against the resolution next week.
“这正是哈瓦那想要掩盖的镇压，”沃尔兹在联合国总部活动期间表示，他呼吁各国超越“70年的宣传”，在下周投票时反对该决议。
A few feet away, Cuban Ambassador to the U.N. Ernesto Soberón Guzmán gathered diplomats and allies from around the world to protest what he called a sham event against Cuba.
在不远处，古巴常驻联合国大使埃内斯托·索贝朗·古铁雷斯（Ernesto Soberón Guzmán）召集了来自世界各地的外交官和盟友，抗议他所称的针对古巴的“伪事件”。
“This charade is an attempt to deviate attention from a simple fact: The U.S. is acting as an international delinquent, enforcing collective punishment on the people of Cuba,” Guzmán said.
“这一戏码的目的在于转移注意力，简单事实是：美国作为国际出事者，对古巴人民实施集体惩罚，”古铁雷斯说。
It is the second year in a row that the Trump administration has waged a campaign to influence the U.N. resolution aimed at calling out the U.S. government’s “maximum pressure policy” against Cuba.
这已是特朗普政府第二年连续发动外交行动，试图影响一项旨在抨击美国政府“最大压力政策”的联合国决议。
The U.S. efforts are part of larger plan to force changes to Cuba’s political system by cutting off fuel to the island , leading to massive power outages that affect basic activities such as cooking, water supply and internet and telephone services.
美国的行动是更大计划的一部分，该计划试图通过切断岛屿燃料供应来迫使古巴改变政治体制，导致大规模停电，严重影响烹饪、供水、网络和电话服务等基本生活活动。
The annual vote condemning the U.S. economic embargo has been put before the U.N. General Assembly for the past 34 years and each time receives overwhelming support from the world body’s 193 member states. Last year, the vote was 165-7, with 12 abstentions. Argentina, Ukraine and Hungary opposed the measure for the first time.
每年谴责美国对古巴经济封锁的投票已连续34年提交联合国大会审议，每次都得到该组织193个成员国的压倒性支持。去年投票结果为165票赞成、7票反对，12票弃权。阿根廷、乌克兰和匈牙利首次投反对票。虽然此类决议没有法律约束力，但它们确实反映了世界舆论。
While such resolutions are not legally binding, they do reflect world opinion.
美国对古巴的经济封锁始于1960年，当时菲德尔·卡斯特罗领导的革命推翻了独裁者富尔亨西奥·巴蒂斯塔政权，并将美国公民和公司的财产国有化。
The U.S. embargo against Cuba was first imposed in 1960 after Fidel Castro led a revolution that toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista and nationalized properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations.
2015年，时任古巴总统劳尔·卡斯特罗与美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马正式恢复了两国关系。次年，美国首次在联合国大会要求结束封锁的决议上投弃权票。
In 2015, then-Cuban President Raúl Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama officially restored relations. The following year, the U.S. abstained, for the first time, on the General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the embargo.
与此同时，古巴自2020年以来一直陷入经济和能源危机。其国内生产总值萎缩，1000万居民忍受着停电、食品短缺和通胀。抗议活动此起彼伏，数十万古巴人迁移，许多人前往美国。
Cuba, meanwhile, has struggled since 2020 with an economic and energy crisis . Its gross domestic product has shrunk , and its 10 million residents have endured blackouts, food shortages and inflation . There have been waves of protests, and hundreds of thousands of Cubans have migrated, many to the United States.