
The EU Must Stop Funding Cuban Regime Atrocities
EU funds go directly to Cuban government institutions that maintain the regime’s continued clampdown on human rights.

EU funds go directly to Cuban government institutions that maintain the regime’s continued clampdown on human rights.

The EU financing of tyranny in Cuba has served only to embolden repression, say 87 parliamentarians from 17 countries in Europe and Latin America.

Human rights advocates accuse the EU of continuing to support the regime.

The communist dictatorship in Cuba has denied its people the most basic civil liberties and rights for over six decades.

Serbia’s decision to shut down its visa-free schemes has reduced the number of migrants travelling from countries such as Burundi, Cuba, and India, but the EU’s latest quota system does nothing to help the fight against illegal migration.

Anti-communist MEPs fear that the EU is set to normalise relations with Venezuela and Cuba entirely due to the geopolitical need to win over South America, warning that such a move would only strengthen China and Russia’s position in the region.

“It has been the most successful marketing campaign of modern times because there is no country where the image of Che Guevara has not been seen. Even in Poland, a country that has suffered so much from communism, I have seen images of Che.”

The exchange between the two leaders occurs in the context of Russia’s strong support for the Latin American Left.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, a strong advocate of the proposals contained within the new legislation, tweeted out that “justice has been done” and that “love is now the law.”

“Doing nothing is the worst option,” the OCDH said. “The pressure from Spain could be decisive in obtaining the release of Mario Josué Prieto Ricardo.”