Trump Administration Kicks Out Cuban Diplomat From US as Tensions Rise
Marco Rubio signed the expulsion order after the diplomat allegedly shoved an American representative and tried to disrupt U.S. remarks, Waltz said.
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed paperwork expelling a Cuban diplomat after U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz accused the official of shoving an American diplomat at the United Nations General Assembly.
- The expulsion followed a heated confrontation Tuesday during an embargo debate, where Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla interrupted Waltz's remarks and approached the podium while shouting.
- Video evidence showed the Cuban first secretary grabbing a phone as a U.S. official recorded the spat; the General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the embargo 130-17 on Wednesday.
- The State Department confirmed Wednesday the diplomat departed within the 24-hour deadline, as Waltz reiterated the administration will not tolerate physical intimidation of American representatives.
- Under the 1961 Vienna Convention, the United States maintains authority to expel foreign diplomats without providing reasons, marking a rare escalation in the ongoing diplomatic standoff with the Cuban government.
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Relations between the US and Cuba have been tense for years and have continued to cloud themselves under US President Trump. A quarrel at the Uno results in the expulsion of a diplomat who rejects the guilt.
The United States has expelled a Cuban diplomat after a heated verbal spat at the United Nations, in another sign of deteriorating relations between Washington and Havana.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Il-hwan = The United States expelled a Cuban diplomat who clashed with its diplomat at the UN General Assembly meeting.
The United States is expelling a Cuban diplomat after an incident during an interrupted debate at the United Nations General Assembly on the US embargo on Cuba. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Walz said the diplomat pushed and attempted to attack a member of the US delegation who was filming the incident. According to Walz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed the expulsion documents. “He is leaving. He will be on a plane to Havana in the next …
‘Back Up!’: Trump’s Ambassador Explodes as Cuban Official Confronts Him, Then Drops a Threat That Shuts the Meeting Down
Sparks flew at the United Nations General Assembly after a shouting match erupted between U.S. UN Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuba’s representative. Waltz was at […] ‘Back Up!’: Trump’s Ambassador Explodes as Cuban Official Confronts Him, Then Drops a Threat That Shuts the Meeting Down
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