---
title: "Write to the US Embassy"
summary: "A short letter, as a South African, asking the US Embassy to explain how the Cuba embargo applies to South African companies and banks."
reviewed: 2026-10-29
canonical: "https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/act/write-us-embassy-pretoria"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# 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. Takes about 2 minutes.

You fill in the blanks, then send the message from your own email app or WhatsApp. The site never sees the message or who sends it.

Subject: A South African's question on the US embargo of Cuba

## Message template

```text
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.

{personal_reason}

{my_point}

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,
{name}
{town}
```

## Sources

1. 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. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4131295 (United Nations)
2. Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low. UN News, 28 October 2026. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168694 (United Nations)