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US, Cuban officials engage in shouting match during UN debate over economic embargo

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U.S. and Cuban officials have engaged in a stunning shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly

U.S. and Cuban officials engaged in a stunning shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the latest in a series of public spats between the longtime adversaries over Washington's escalating economic campaign against Havana.

The interaction began shortly after U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz took the podium to argue against supporting the annual resolution this week condemning the U.S.' decades-long economic embargo against the island country.

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