00:00To stay on topic, Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations lodged a formal letter of protest
00:05following an aggressive act of harassment by a U.S. representative during a United Nations
00:10General Assembly session. According to the note, Cuban diplomat Richard Turr was subjected to
00:16invasive recording and stalking by U.S. Delegate John P. Freire, who ignored repeated objections
00:22until U.N. security personnel intervened. Havana denounced the incident as an orchestrated
00:29provocation aimed at deflecting international support away from the global condemnation
00:35of Washington's economic blockade. For his part, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed
00:42expulsion papers against the Cuban diplomat escalating bilateral hostility and violating standard
00:48U.N. diplomatic decorum.
