Cuban Diplomat Shoves US Staffer at UN, Then Gets One-Way Flight Home

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 1

A Cuban diplomat was expelled from the United States after shoving a staffer for U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and slapping a phone from his hand during a U.N. confrontation, Waltz said.
The clash erupted as Waltz accused Cuba's leadership of enriching itself while ordinary Cubans suffered, saying the diplomat also tried to pressure U.N. staff to cut his microphone and that Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla rushed the podium.
Waltz said Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the diplomat sent back to Cuba and cited Rubio's 100-page report accusing Havana of espionage and influence operations in the United States.
He used the episode to argue Cuba's government bullies critics in public and treats its own people worse in private, adding that he believes Cubans will see freedom under President Donald Trump.