HAVANA (AP) — A United Nations human rights expert on Friday urged the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba, saying they are impacting the island’s entire population, hitting sectors including health care, nutrition and education.

Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council, said it was her second visit to Cuba – her first was in 2023 – and that she has observed a further deterioration of all sectors due to stricter measures imposed by Washington.

“For the communities with low income, the higher inflation as well as the scarcity of resources makes it very difficult to even get proper nutrition,” she said, calling on the United States to stop using sanctions and “maximum pressure constraints.”

In late October, the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhe

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