'This is America!' Mike Waltz says as he and Cuban delegation get into shouting match at UN – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

‘This is America!’ Mike Waltz says as he and Cuban delegation get into shouting match at UN  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Tension between the US and Cuba was on display at the UN on Tuesday as US Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuba's foreign minister got into a shouting match. Things got testy as the Cubans approached the podium as Waltz was speaking. Tension between the U.S. and Cuba was on full display at the United Nations on Tuesday as the Trump administration's envoy to body, Ambassador Mike Waltz, and Cuba's foreign minister engaged in a shouting match on the floor of the General Assembly. During the U.N.'s annual debate on the U.S. blockade against Cuba, Waltz took the podium and began delivering a speech that was hotly critical of the Cuban regime.

Shortly after Waltz began his remarks, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and the rest of the Cuban delegation began challenging him from the audience — shouting and gesturing as the president of the assembly banged his gavel and fruitlessly asked them to quiet down. "I hope everyone, Mr. President, is listening to the delegation right now," Waltz said with a smile. "Imagine what happens when someone ask these questions in Havana, not in a room of ambassadors and cameras! Imagine what happens to those people if this is the intimidation and disruption that we see!" Rodríguez Parrilla and Waltz traded more remarks, with Waltz declaring "This is America, this