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Trump official is branded a 'liar' during shouting match with Cuban officials at UN

The Independent·Farnoush Amiri·1 day ago
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A shouting match between American and Cuban officials broke out on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, with a member of the Cuban delegation calling a Trump official a "liar."

The confrontation unfolded as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz spoke against the annual resolution condemning the U.S.' decades-long economic embargo against the island country, which is due to be voted on this week. Waltz had taken the podium to argue that member states should not support the measure.

As he detailed years of alleged corruption by the socialist government, members of the Cuban delegation, including Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, began to slam on their designated table and yell for a point of order. U.N.…

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