00:00A Cuban official who allegedly shoved and tried to assault an American diplomat
00:04recording Mike Waltz's shouting match with Havana's foreign minister on the floor of the UN
00:08is to be kicked out of the U.S., the ambassador has confirmed.
00:12The delegate, identified by Cuban media as Richard Tur de la Concepcion,
00:17seemed to grab U.S. diplomat J.P. Freire's cell phone
00:20while he filmed Waltz's spat with Cuban foreign affairs minister Bruno Rodriguez Pereira
00:25that erupted on the floor of the U.N.'s General Assembly Hall on Tuesday.
00:29I know you don't like to hear this. This is America, my friend.
00:33This is the United Nations. This isn't your communist dictatorship.
00:37You cannot silence me or you cannot silence my colleagues.
00:41Tur de la Concepcion, the first secretary of Cuba's permanent mission to the U.N.,
00:46wagged his finger and pushed Freire's device away before accusing him of, quote,
00:50violating his personal space.
01:12Waltz told Fox News' Hannity that the Cuban official in question, quote,
01:16shoved and tried to assault a member of the American delegation.
01:19They thought they could intimidate me and my diplomats.
01:23You know I'm a 27-year Green Beret. I'm not going to have it.
01:28Just before I came on tonight, Secretary Rubio signed the paperwork to eject the diplomat
01:35that thought he could, the Cuban diplomat, the first secretary of their delegation,
01:40who shoved and tried to assault one of our American diplomats.
01:46He's gone. He is going to be on a plane to Havana within the next 24 hours.
01:52Waltz accused the Cuban delegation of trying to use the U.N. as a, quote,
01:56propaganda platform to paint themselves as the victim,
01:59just a day before the U.N. votes on a resolution condemning the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba.
02:04Waltz said of his tirade, where he accused the Havana government of profiting off the forced labor of its own
02:09citizens,
02:10triggered a meltdown among the Cuban delegation,
02:13but said it was a way of countering communist propaganda with hard truths.
02:17They didn't like hearing those hard truths.
02:20They're used to hearing the propaganda in communist Havana,
02:25but under this administration, we're going to show the world the depredation and the failings of communism.
02:34Waltz blasted how the Castro family lived a life of luxury,
02:38while the rest of the Cuban population were plagued by hardships.
02:41During his tirade, Waltz emphasized his point by holding up a photo of the late dictator Fidel Castro,
02:46wearing two Rolex watches, worth around $40,000 in today's currency.
02:52The former Florida congressman then showed a picture of the country's current president,
02:56Miguel Diaz-Canel, sporting a similar timepiece.
02:59Meanwhile, Rodriguez-Paria has accused Washington of lying in a, quote,
03:03crude and permanent manner, and accused Waltz of, quote, arrogance and hubris.
03:07The U.S. government, with its crude lies at the General Assembly of the United Nations,
03:12launched a new desperate attempt to justify the economic aggression against Cuba,
03:16and its criminal energy siege, Rodriguez-Paria wrote on X.
03:21Eight statements today are part of the media circus of threats and of the electoral campaign,
03:25to which the U.S. government dedicates substantial economic and human resources.
03:30The U.N. will vote on a resolution condemning the economic embargo on the Caribbean island Wednesday
03:36in what has become a yearly tradition for the past 34 years.
03:39The first vote took place in 1992, with 59 countries voting in favor.
03:45Last year, 165 countries supported the motion.
