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Cuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN

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Rodríguez, A. (2026, October 30). Cuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/cuba-welcomes-home-diplomat-expelled-from-us-after-unusual-altercation-at-the-un/article_994646e2-47c7-5588-8e9d-655f06159c0c.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-30 · by Andrea Rodríguez

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Cuba has returned home its diplomat, Richard Tur de la Concepción, who was expelled by the United States following an altercation at the UN earlier this week. The incident involved Tur attempting to seize a phone from a U.S. diplomat during a heated exchange. Upon his return, Tur was met with Foreign Ministry officials and welcomed back in Havana’s airport on Friday.
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On October 27, 2026, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla engaged in a heated shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly during discussions about the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. The confrontation escalated when Waltz was urging other nations to vote against a Cuban resolution, leading the Cuban delegation to interrupt him aggressively. According to some reports, Waltz repeatedly declared "This is America" in response to interruptions. In retaliation for this incident and another physical altercation involving phones, Florida Senator Marco Rubio announced that a Cuban diplomat would be expelled from the United States. On October 30, Cuba welcomed home the expelled diplomat with a public ceremony at Havana’s airport.

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Andrea Rodríguez
4 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 It was Cuba’s first public response since the U.S. State Department announced it would take action against Tur after he tried to knock a phone out of a U.S. diplomat’s hand.
2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Cuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN
🔮 The men could face terrorism-related charges involving deadly devices and explosives under Cuba’s penal code, Col. Francisco Estrada Portales, an official with the Interior Ministry’s State Security department, told The Associated Press.
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🔮 “Sometimes I tell my mom I don’t feel like going, but missing it could cause problems for me later in training,” she said.
2026-09-29 · assertive framing · Cuba’s cherished ballet tradition endures through daily blackouts and shortages
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Cuba Cuban HAVANA the United Nations the United States

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Cuba GPE · 3× Cuban NORP · 2× HAVANA GPE · 2× Foreign Ministry ORG · 1× Gerardo Peñalver PERSON · 1× Richard Tur de la Concepción PERSON · 1× U.N. ORG · 1× the U.S. State Department ORG · 1× the United Nations ORG · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver posted a photo of Richard Tur de la Concepción, first secretary of Cuba’s U.N. mission, alongside Foreign Ministry officials holding a Cuban flag at Havana’s airport.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-30
🔮 It was Cuba’s first public response since the U.S. State Department announced it would take action against Tur after he tried to knock a phone out of a U.S. diplomat’s hand.
2026-10-30 · Toronto Star
Cuba welcomes home diplomat expelled from US after unusual altercation at the UN · assertive framing

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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba on Friday welcomed home a diplomat expelled by the United States after an unusually heated confrontation between the two countries’ representatives at the United Nations this week. asserted
Cuba → welcome → Nations
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver posted a photo of Richard Tur de la Concepción, first secretary of Cuba’s U.N. mission, alongside Foreign Ministry officials holding a Cuban flag at Havana’s airport. asserted
Peñalver → post → airport
It was Cuba’s first public response since the U.S. State Department announced it would take action against Tur after he tried to knock a phone out of a U.S. diplomat’s hand. asserted
he → announce → hand
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