The Cuban delegation to the UN got into a shouting match with Mike Waltz after they didn't like him when he showed how children of corrupt Castro regime officials live their luxurious lives. While he was speaking, the members of the Cuban delegation began to slam their desks and shout for a point of order. Tensions came to a head when Foreign Minister Rodríguez Parrilla left his seat, walked down the aisle and charged towards the speaker's podium, shouting Sholes a liar. Waltz stood his ground and repeatedly ordered the Cuban official to "back up". He raised his voice and said, "This is the United Nations, this is not your communist dictatorship. You can't silence me. He's not going to intimidate me in the United States of America like he's trying to intimidate political prisoners." The confrontation became so heated that the president of the general assembly suspended the meeting to restore order.

The Cuban delegation to the UN got into a shouting match with Mike Waltz after they didn't like him when he showed how children of corrupt Castro regime officials live their luxurious lives. While he was speaking, the members of the Cuban delegation began to slam their desks and shout for a point of order. Tensions came to a head when Foreign Minister Rodríguez Parrilla left his seat, walked down the aisle and charged towards the speaker's podium, shouting Sholes a liar. Waltz stood his ground and repeatedly ordered the Cuban official to "back up". He raised his voice and said, "This is the United Nations, this is not your communist dictatorship. You can't silence me. He's not going to intimidate me in the United States of America like he's trying to intimidate political prisoners." The confrontation became so heated that the president of the general assembly suspended the meeting to restore order.