US envoy Mike Waltz and Cuban foreign minister clash as UN embargo debate turns heated

When Castro sent thousands of gay people, Christians, Afro-Cubans, and others to concentration camps, it was the regime who stripped them of their property and profited from their forced labor. Ever since, Havana would have you believe everything in Cuba has just disappeared. Well, we know, we know where it went, and today we are here to share it to the world. You are on the 37th rule of the rules of procedures of this general assembly. Respectfully, I request that you fulfill this rule. Run immediately. I hope everyone, Mr. President, is listening to the delegation right now. Imagine what happens when someone asks questions. This can't be a delegation. Imagine what happens when someone asks these questions in Havana, not in a room full of ambassadors and cameras imagine what happens to those people if this is the intimidation and disruption that we see yes i hear that a request for point of order has been made in the beginning of of this session i requested that yes i hear it your ex would say i know you don't like to hear this this is america my friend this is the united nations this isn't your communist dictatorship. You cannot silence me or you cannot silence my colleagues. Mr. Minister, I hear you. At the beginning of this session, I very respectfully requested that the current speaker, whoever it be, be allowed to conclude before I give the floor to any delegation requesting for point of order. I ask everybody to respectfully... Mr. President, this individual needs to back away from this podium. He's not going to intimidate me in the United States of America, like he tries to intimidate political prisoners. And I'll ask everybody to go back to their delegation. And I'm the representative of the United States of America. Back up. Back up, ambassador. Back away. This isn't Havana. I'm suspending the meeting. You're not going to intimidate me. I'm suspending this meeting. Do you understand who you're dealing with? This is America. Back up. The rule is clear. This is the substance of the speech. There are The meeting is suspended. Please sit down. Sit down. When I resumed the meeting, I listened to everybody. People running Cuba never seemed to lack anything. And remember, I ask you to call on the permanent representative of the United States to not only lie in a rude and prepotent way, to lack the dignity of this General Assembly and of the member states, ejerce presiones y ofende la dignidad del pueblo y del gobierno de Cuba señor Walls usted miente otra vez le deseo un mejor desempeño en sus futuros cargos políticos en el consejo de seguridad nacional y aquí en naciones unidas su desempeño es muy pobre infórmese mejor del papel I request, Mr. Speaker, to please raise issues of presidio, please. To my fellow ambassadors, do not hand Havana another propaganda victory. Don't lend your votes to the abuse of the Cuban people. and even now the regime has resorted to a complete and utter lie that the United States is threatening countries with reprisals over their vote. They are threatening countries with reprisals over this vote. The bottom line is they're just scared and they're scared of the truth. Every year this corrupt regime uses this vote and this body to then go back and lie to the Cuban people that the world is with them. You are participating in that. You are complicit. Colleagues, history is watching. Do not stand with this regime. Vote no on this resolution and stand with the Cuban people. I thank you, Mr. President.