# ‘This is America’: US envoy scolds Cuban diplomat at UN

https://mins.news/en/item/118303

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-28 00:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/28/this-is-america-us-envoy-scolds-cuban-diplomat-at-un?traffic_source=rss

> US envoy Mike Waltz repeatedly told Cuba’s UN team, “This is America,” during a heated confrontation at UN headquarters in New York. The clash came during a vote on the US trade embargo on Cuba; Washington has also imposed a fuel blockade on the island since January.

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