US and Cuban Officials Clash at UN General Assembly; Cuban Diplomat Reportedly Ordered Out
Photo: APU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla got into a shouting match on the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday during debate over the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba. Waltz was criticizing Cuba's government when Cuban delegates rose, banged a desk and approached the podium. Rodríguez called Waltz a liar, and the floor president called for order. Waltz later held up photos of Cuban leaders wearing luxury watches, including Rolexes, and of relatives vacationing in Europe. The clash was the latest public spat amid Washington's escalating economic campaign against Havana, AP reported.
Separately, video appeared to show a Cuban delegation member trying to grab the phone of Waltz spokesman J.P. Freire, who was filming. The Daily Wire identified him as First Secretary Richard Tur de la Concepcion. Waltz told Fox News that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had ordered him out and that he would be on a plane to Havana within 24 hours.
The right-leaning Daily Wire leads with Rubio's expulsion of the diplomat. It uses vivid language for Cuba's leaders, features Waltz's Hannity remarks and the Fidel Castro Rolex images, and presents Waltz as the aggressor-turned-victor. The left-leaning HuffPost leads with the video of the screaming match, calling Waltz a Trump lackey. It quotes his exchange with Rodríguez and ties it to pressure on Washington to lift the embargo, and in the portion available it does not mention the expulsion or the phone incident. Both agree on the podium confrontation and the watch photos. They differ on emphasis: consequences for Cuba versus the spectacle. ZeroHedge adds a separate forum with Cuban dissidents and assault allegations, citing New York Post footage.
How the sides differ Right sources stress Rubio's expulsion of a Cuban diplomat and Waltz's attack on Castro-era wealth; left sources stress the shouting match and its embargo backdrop; alternative sources add assault allegations.
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HuffPost leads with video of the screaming match, quoting Waltz's exchange with Rodríguez at the podium and linking it to pressure on the U.S. to lift the Cuba embargo.
ZeroHedge highlights an alleged assault on Waltz's spokesman and a dissident forum, citing New York Post footage; AP gives a neutral account of the shouting match as part of escalating U.S.-Cuba tensions.
Daily Wire leads with Rubio expelling a Cuban diplomat, featuring Waltz's Hannity remarks, the Castro Rolex images and the alleged phone grab against spokesman J.P. Freire.