'Back up!': US envoy Mike Waltz explodes at Cuba's foreign minister at the UN as an American staffer is assaulted

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla stormed the podium to brand Waltz a liar after the US ambassador held up photos of Fidel Castro and President Miguel Diaz-Canel each wearing a Rolex worth around $40,000 — equivalent to 55 years of an average Cuban wage. The row turned physical when a Cuban delegate lunged at Waltz's spokesman J.P. Freire. Waltz told the assembly Parrilla would not intimidate him "like he tries to intimidate political prisoners."