'This is America!' Waltz says as he and Cubans get into shouting match at UN
Summary
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla exchanged shouts during the U.N. General Assembly’s annual debate on the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The assembly president suspended the meeting, then allowed Rodríguez Parrilla to raise a procedural objection before Waltz finished his speech and urged members to oppose a resolution scheduled for a vote Wednesday.Key Facts
- Waltz criticized Cuba’s government in his remarks to the General Assembly.
- Rodríguez Parrilla and members of the Cuban delegation shouted and gestured from the audience while Waltz spoke.
- Waltz told the Cuban delegation, “This is America,” and said it could not silence him or his colleagues.
- Rodríguez Parrilla approached the front of the hall, prompting Waltz to ask him to step back from the podium.
- The assembly president suspended the meeting and gave Rodríguez Parrilla a chance to raise a point of order, limited to procedure.
- Rodríguez Parrilla accused Waltz of “grossly lying” after returning to his seat.
- Waltz urged the chamber to vote against the resolution under consideration on Wednesday.
- After the incident, Rodríguez Parrilla criticized Waltz in a post on X.
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