19
May
2026
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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)
Madam President, I understand that a certain section of this Parliament is angry because you already know that on Thursday the CIA visited Havana, this Saturday they extradited Maduro's front man, yesterday the United States sanctioned the entire Cuban intelligence apparatus and just today they judicially accuse the greatest supporter of that murderous regime, which has been former President Zapatero. So can anyone explain to me what this Parliament is doing by inviting and legitimising emissaries of the Castro regime? Perhaps because that regime has survived - and we are not hypocrites - thanks to European companies that have made gold with Cuban misery? Spanish included, huh? Meliá – the Escarrer – has 30 partner hotels in Gaesa, the military arm of the Castros. The French do the same with Pernod Ricard or Air France. You Italians do exactly the same. They are billions of euros that have given oxygen to the Cuban regime, while the Cuban on the street is starving to death eating rice with a cat. And now that the regime is sinking, it is time to pretend that here we care about the Cubans, whom this Parliament has abandoned for decades. To me, being so hypocritical would embarrass me, especially for those who call themselves feminists here while defending a regime that is a factory for widows and prostitutes.