Write to the US Embassy
A short letter, as a South African, asking the US Embassy to explain how the Cuba embargo applies to South African companies and banks.
- A short letter to the US Embassy in Pretoria, written as a South African.
- The embassy's contact page lists a postal address but no public email address or form, so this one is a printed, posted letter.
- The UN General Assembly again called for an end to the embargo on 28 October 2026.
Goes to: U.S. Embassy Pretoria
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Subject: A South African's question on the US embargo of Cuba
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To the Ambassador,
I am a South African writing from {town}.
On 28 October 2026 the UN General Assembly again voted on a resolution calling for an end to the United States embargo on Cuba. It passed with 130 votes in favour, 17 against and 25 abstentions.
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Please would you explain how the embargo applies to South African companies and banks that deal with Cuba?
Thank you for your time.
Yours faithfully,
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{town}
Where the facts in this message come from
- Voting record, A/81/L.5: Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (28 October 2026), United Nations Digital Library, 28 October 2026
- Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low, UN News, 28 October 2026