During a heated United Nations discussion on human rights, tensions flared between the US and Cuba. US ambassador Mike Waltz accused Cuban diplomats of persecuting dissidents, while Cuban ambassador Ernesto Soberón Guzmán argued that US sanctions inflicted major hardships on ordinary Cubans. This clash occurs just ahead of a critical UN General Assembly vote concerning the ongoing US trade embargo against Cuba, an issue intertwined with Cuba's deep economic crisis.
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