美国常驻联合国代表称，真正的封锁是古巴政权数十年来对本国人民实施的封锁
2026年7月7日 美国东部时间下午4:13 / 福克斯新闻
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美国常驻联合国代表迈克·瓦尔茨在联合国大会一场激烈冲突中宣称美国“不会被噤声”，此前哈瓦那代表团试图通过拍打桌子打断他的演讲。（视频来源：联合国电视台。）
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古巴外交部长指责美国周二限制该国燃料运输的行为是“战争行为”，促使美国常驻联合国代表迈克·瓦尔茨做出强有力回应，将古巴多年的停电、镇压和经济崩溃归咎于古巴共产党政府。
这场对峙发生在古巴国家电网崩溃、近1000万人断电的次日。据路透社报道，这是今年第三次全国性电网故障，也是2025年10月以来的第八次。
据路透社报道，古巴官员已于周二上午恢复了古巴中部部分地区以及哈瓦那约三分之一地区的电力供应，但大片地区仍处于断电状态或电力供应不稳定。
2026年7月7日，在纽约联合国总部举行的关于美国对古巴封锁的联大辩论中，美国常驻联合国代表迈克·瓦尔茨展示了一张被监禁的古巴异见人士的照片。（联合国电视台）
古巴外交部长布鲁诺·罗德里格斯对代表们表示，特朗普政府正在对古巴发动一场“多维度、非常规战争”，且在过去七个月里“变得更加残酷无情”。
据联合国电视台的 transcripts 显示，罗德里格斯将美国限制燃料运输的行为描述为实施“能源崩溃，相当于海上封锁，这是战争行为”。
瓦尔茨驳斥了美国在古巴周边建立海上封锁的说法。
“没有美国海军战舰组成的封锁圈包围该岛，阻断运往古巴的贸易或人道主义援助，”瓦尔茨说，“这是假的，是谎言，就是如此。”
瓦尔茨辩称，真正的封锁是古巴政府对本国公民实施的封锁。
“今天有很多人谈论封锁，确实存在封锁，”他说，“这就是古巴政权数十年来无情地强加给本国人民的封锁。”
他呼吁哈瓦那“改变行事方式”，“为人民重新点亮灯光”，同时指责古巴领导人确保政府建筑群和宣传机构拥有电力，而普通家庭则担心食物变质、医院断电、手机没电。
瓦尔茨指出，周二的会议距2021年7月11日的抗议活动五周年仅几天。当时数千名古巴人走上街头，抗议食品、药品和电力短缺，要求更多自由。
瓦尔茨演讲时，一名古巴代表团成员拍打桌子，促使这位大使做出回应。
“这里不是哈瓦那，这里是美利坚合众国，这里是联合国，”瓦尔茨说，“我们会发言，我们会被听到，我们不会像你们本国人民那样被噤声。所以，尽管拍吧。”
瓦尔茨展示了照片，并念出了几名被监禁的古巴艺术家、音乐家和活动家的名字，包括路易斯·曼努埃尔·奥尔特加·阿尔坎塔拉、马克尔·卡斯蒂略·佩雷斯和杜安尼斯·达贝尔·莱昂·塔沃阿达。
古巴外交部长布鲁诺·罗德里格斯在哈瓦那的新闻发布会上发言。（路透社/亚历山大·梅内吉尼）
“他们没有携带武器，没有暴力行为，”瓦尔茨说，“他们带着鲜花，写诗，创作音乐。就因为这些，政权殴打他们、拘留他们，试图摧毁他们。”
瓦尔茨还表示，古巴军方运营的企业集团GAESA控制着该国约一半的经济，持有180亿美元资产。
路透社此前报道称，对GAESA经济影响力的估算范围约为40%至70%，而古巴官员对美国政府提出的180亿美元资产数字提出了质疑。
瓦尔茨表示，尽管古巴声称遭到封锁，但人道主义援助近期已从中国、俄罗斯、墨西哥、加拿大和西班牙等国以及欧盟和联合国送达。
他还表示，美国今年已提供超过1亿美元的援助，每年提供约5亿美元的大宗商品。
“答案很简单：指责美国是哈瓦那仅剩的经济计划，”瓦尔茨在谈到古巴将该问题提交联大审议的决定时说道。
2025年3月14日，古巴哈瓦那，人们在全国电网崩溃期间走在街道上。（诺利斯·佩雷斯/路透社）
在更广泛的辩论开始前，负责联合国管理与改革的美国众议员杰弗里·巴托斯反对重新审议该议程项目，并呼吁就会议是否应继续进行进行投票。
巴托斯表示，这场三小时的会议将耗资约8.4万美元，他认为这笔资金本可以用于为古巴家庭提供食品、紧急医疗用品和太阳能灯笼。
“现在，古巴又一次陷入黑暗，”巴托斯说，“我敦促古巴政权：为你的人民重新点亮灯光。”
古巴代表团成员也多次拍打桌子打断巴托斯的发言。巴托斯一度停顿回应：“尽管拍吧，这很有效。”随后继续发言。
巴托斯指责哈瓦那寻求“又一段宣传素材”而非解决方案，并指出该国政府关押了800多名政治犯。
独立组织给出了不同的估算。人权观察组织4月表示，仍有700多人因政治原因被监禁，而“囚犯维权组织”2026年春季的报告称古巴有超过1200名政治犯。古巴否认因政治原因关押任何人。
“这才是真正的古巴封锁，”巴托斯说，“这是政权强加给本国人民的封锁：限制言论、信仰、创业、异议、政治权利和希望——现在，更是实实在在地限制了光明。”
罗德里格斯指责美国代表团提出“陈词滥调的谎言”，并试图阻止联大辩论美国政策的影响。
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2025年11月25日，在纽约市联合国总部，美国负责联合国管理与改革的代表杰弗里·巴托斯在安理会会议上发言。（爱德华多·穆尼奥斯/路透社）
古巴的电力危机由严重的燃料短缺和老化、维护不善的电力系统难以满足需求导致。古巴政府主要将其归咎于美国的限制措施，而华盛顿则将古巴更广泛的经济危机归咎于共产主义经济政策、腐败和镇压。
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WATCH: Mike Waltz tells Cuban delegation ‘this is not Havana’ during heated UN speech
The US ambassador to the UN said the real embargo is the one the Cuban regime imposes on its own people decade after decade
July 7, 2026 4:13pm EDT / Fox News
By Efrat Lachter
U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz declared America “will not be silenced” during a heated clash at the United Nations General Assembly, firing back after Havana’s delegation attempted to disrupt his speech by banging on their desks. (video: UNTV.)
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Cuba’s foreign minister accused the United States of committing an “act of war” by restricting fuel shipments to the island Tuesday, prompting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz to deliver a forceful response blaming Cuba’s communist government for years of blackouts, repression and economic collapse.
The confrontation unfolded at the U.N. General Assembly one day after Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed, leaving nearly 10 million people without power. It was the third nationwide grid failure this year and the eighth since October 2025, Reuters reported.
Cuban officials had restored electricity to parts of central Cuba and roughly one-third of Havana by Tuesday morning, although large areas remained offline or faced unstable service, according to Reuters.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz holds up a photograph of jailed Cuban dissidents during a General Assembly debate on the U.S. embargo against Cuba at U.N. headquarters in New York on July 7, 2026.(UNTV)
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez told delegates that the Trump administration was carrying out a “multidimensional, non-conventional war” against Cuba that had grown “more cruel and ruthless in the last seven months.”
Rodríguez described U.S. efforts to restrict fuel deliveries as the imposition of “an energy collapse, equivalent to a naval blockade, which is an act of war,” according to a UNTV transcript.
Waltz rejected the claim that the United States had established a naval blockade around Cuba.
“There is no ring of Navy warships, U.S. Navy warships sitting around this island blocking trade or humanitarian aid going into Cuba,” Waltz said. “It’s fake. It’s false. It’s a lie. Period.”
Waltz argued that the real embargo was the one Cuba’s government imposed on its own citizens.
People walk on the street during a national electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, March 14, 2025.(Norlys Perez/Reuters)
“There’s a lot of talk today of an embargo. And indeed there is one,” he said. “It’s the embargo the Cuban regime mercilessly imposes on its own people decade after decade after decade.”
He called on Havana to “change your ways” and “turn the lights back on for your people,” while accusing Cuba’s leaders of ensuring that government compounds and propaganda operations had power even as families worried about spoiled food, hospitals losing electricity and phones running out of charge.
Waltz noted that Tuesday’s meeting came days before the fifth anniversary of the July 11, 2021, demonstrations, when thousands of Cubans took to the streets amid shortages of food, medicine and electricity and demanded greater freedom.
As Waltz spoke, a member of the Cuban delegation pounded on the table, prompting the ambassador to respond.
“This is not Havana. This is the United States of America. This is the United Nations,” Waltz said. “And we will speak, we will be heard, and we will not be silenced like your own people. So, pound away.”
Waltz displayed photographs and read the names of several jailed Cuban artists, musicians and activists, including Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Maykel Castillo Pérez and Duannis Dabel León Taboada.
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speaks during a news conference in Havana.(Reuters/Alexandre Meneghini)
“They’re not armed. They’re not violent,” Waltz said. “They carry flowers, and write poems and write music. And for that, the regime beats them, detains them and tries to break them.”
Waltz also said GAESA, Cuba’s military-run conglomerate, controls approximately half of the country’s economy and holds $18 billion in assets.
Reuters has reported that estimates of GAESA’s economic reach range from approximately 40% to 70%, while Cuban officials dispute the U.S. government’s $18 billion figure.
Waltz said that despite Cuba’s blockade claims, humanitarian assistance had recently arrived from countries including China, Russia, Mexico, Canada and Spain, as well as from the European Union and the United Nations.
He also said the United States had provided more than $100 million in aid this year and approximately $500 million annually in commodities.
“The answer is simple: because blaming the United States is the only economic plan Havana has left,” Waltz said of Cuba’s decision to bring the issue before the General Assembly.
Protesters gather outside a Communist Party headquarters in Morón, Cuba, as a fire burns in the street during overnight unrest. Video obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to show demonstrators attempting to set fire to the building amid protests linked to widespread blackouts.(Reuters)
Before the wider debate, U.S. Representative for U.N. Management and Reform Jeffrey Bartos objected to reopening the agenda item and called for a vote on whether the proceedings should go forward.
Bartos said the three-hour meeting would cost approximately $84,000, money he argued could instead provide food, emergency medical supplies and solar lanterns to Cuban families.
“Right now, Cuba is in darkness — again,” Bartos said. “I urge the Cuban regime: turn the lights back on for your people.”
Members of the Cuban delegation also interrupted Bartos several times by pounding on the table. Bartos at one point paused and responded, “Keep banging away. It’s very effective,” before continuing his remarks.
Bartos accused Havana of seeking “another propaganda clip” rather than solutions and pointed to what he said were more than 800 political prisoners held by the government.
Independent organizations have produced varying estimates. Human Rights Watch said in April that more than 700 people remained imprisoned for political reasons, while Prisoners Defenders reported more than 1,200 political prisoners in Cuba in the spring of 2026. Cuba denies holding anyone for political reasons.
“That is the real Cuban embargo,” Bartos said. “It is the embargo the regime imposes on its own people: on speech, on faith, on enterprise, on dissent, on political rights and hope — and now, quite literally, on light.”
Rodríguez accused the U.S. delegation of offering “worn-out lies” and attempting to prevent the General Assembly from debating the effects of American policy.
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Jeff Bartos, U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform, addresses a meeting of the Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York City, Nov. 25, 2025.(Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
Cuba’s electricity crisis has been driven by severe fuel shortages and an aging, poorly maintained power system that has struggled to meet demand. The Cuban government primarily blames U.S. restrictions, while Washington attributes the island’s broader economic crisis to communist economic policies, corruption and repression.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Efrat Lachter is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.
