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US expels Cuban diplomat after UN clash as General Assembly condemns embargo
October 29, 2026 at 01:30 AM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 5 hours
SNSky News Arabia
فيديو يدفع روبيو لطرد دبلوماسي كوبي.. تفاصيل المشادة الحادة
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CNCNN
Trump administration kicks out Cuban diplomat from US as tensions rise
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AJAl Jazeera English
UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push
(opens the publisher’s site)Washington has expelled a Cuban diplomat following a heated UN encounter, while the General Assembly voted to condemn the United States' decades-old embargo on Cuba.
- US Ambassador Mike Waltz said the Trump administration is expelling Richard Tur de la Concepcion, first secretary of Cuba's UN mission, over an alleged assault on an American diplomat.
- The General Assembly voted 130-17-25 Wednesday to condemn the United States' economic embargo against Cuba.
- Waltz and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla shouted over each other during Tuesday's debate, with Cuban delegates shown hitting a table.
- Cuba's UN mission told the Secretary-General that a US diplomat invaded delegates' personal space to film them and post the videos online.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed the order expelling Richard Tur de la Concepcion, whom Washington accused of pushing a US diplomat.
- Waltz told Rodríguez during the debate,
- This is not your communist dictatorship