Brief analysis that explains causes
and consequences of main Latin American developments with
political impact.
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CUBA
Recent Releases
Sunday,
December
5, 2004
The
Cuban government has released several political
prisoners in fragile health and famous dissident
poet, Raul Rivero, all of them on conditional
freedom, with the intention to exile them
and reinforce the Spanish government position,
in favor of softening the political tone
of Europe in respect to the Cuban government.
This strategy will probably fail, because
the European Union Council of Ministers
requires unanimity to change the measures
adopted in 2003 regarding Cuba, and that
consensus has not been reached. Open
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