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UPDATE 3-EU warns Cuba over lawmakers' expulsions
20/05/2005 21:22
(Updates with third Spaniard's expulsion paragraph 2, Spain summoning ambassador paragraphs 4, 17)
By Marcin Grajewski
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Friday its relations with Cuba could suffer following recent expulsions of European parliamentarians from the island by Fidel Castro's communist government.
Cuba expelled a Czech senator and a German legislator on Thursday, hours before they were due to attend a meeting sponsored by Castro's opponents. Two former Spanish senators were expelled on Thursday followed by a legislator on Friday, party officials said.
UPDATE 3-EU warns Cuba over lawmakers' expulsions
20/05/2005 21:22
(Updates with third Spaniard's expulsion paragraph 2, Spain summoning ambassador paragraphs 4, 17)
By Marcin Grajewski
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Friday its relations with Cuba could suffer following recent expulsions of European parliamentarians from the island by Fidel Castro's communist government.
Cuba expelled a Czech senator and a German legislator on Thursday, hours before they were due to attend a meeting sponsored by Castro's opponents. Two former Spanish senators were expelled on Thursday followed by a legislator on Friday, party officials said.
Authorities also detained four European journalists and denied entry to two Polish members of the European Parliament who planned to attend dissident meetings.
Italy and Spain summoned the Cuban ambassadors in Rome and Madrid over the arrests and expulsions.
"This is not acceptable ... As such incidents occur even the best friends of Cuba would find it difficult to maintain their position," Amadeu Tardio, spokesman of the executive European Commission, told a news conference.
He said any change in the 25-nation EU's stance towards Cuba could come only at a June meeting of its foreign ministers.
The ministers are to decide whether to continue the current policy of diplomatic dialogue with Castro or reapply diplomatic sanctions over human rights abuses.
The EU upgraded its relations with Cuba on Jan. 31 at the request of Spain's Socialist government.
The Union had earlier suspended high-level visits while Cuba froze contacts with EU diplomats after they began inviting dissidents to their national day receptions in Havana -- in what was known as "the cocktail war".
The two Polish deputies who were turned away at Havana airport appealed on Friday to reinstate the diplomatic restrictions.
"The change of the European policy towards Cuba does not bring any results," Jacek Protasiewicz and Boguslaw Sonik wrote in a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
"Fidel Castro's regime does not liberalise its internal policy towards human rights activists and nor does it open itself for honest contacts with the EU," they added.
The expelled German legislator Arnold Vaatz told a news conference in Madrid -- where Cuban authorities sent him after collecting him from his hotel -- that dissidents in Cuba felt the European policy shift had made life harder for them.
"What it has achieved ... is that the degree of lost autonomy, the degree of terror and the degree of the regime's arbitrariness has increased month after month," Vaatz, deputy head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag said.
But diplomats said EU foreign ministers were unlikely to discuss Cuba at this month's meeting on Monday.
EU newcomer Poland called on Cuba to free the three Polish journalists detained on Friday and expected to be deported while Rome called for the Italian journalist to be released and summoned the Cuban ambassador "for clarifications".
Spain also summoned the Cuban ambassador, a diplomatic source said without giving further details. (Additional reporting by Emma Ross-Thomas in Madrid) ((Writing by Marcin Grajewski, editing by Sami Aboudi; marcin.grajewski@reuters.com; Reuters messaging: marcin.grajewski.reuters.com@reuters.net; Phone: +32 2 287 6835))
Authorities also detained four European journalists and denied entry to two Polish members of the European Parliament who planned to attend dissident meetings.
Italy and Spain summoned the Cuban ambassadors in Rome and Madrid over the arrests and expulsions.
"This is not acceptable ... As such incidents occur even the best friends of Cuba would find it difficult to maintain their position," Amadeu Tardio, spokesman of the executive European Commission, told a news conference.
He said any change in the 25-nation EU's stance towards Cuba could come only at a June meeting of its foreign ministers.
The ministers are to decide whether to continue the current policy of diplomatic dialogue with Castro or reapply diplomatic sanctions over human rights abuses.
The EU upgraded its relations with Cuba on Jan. 31 at the request of Spain's Socialist government.
The Union had earlier suspended high-level visits while Cuba froze contacts with EU diplomats after they began inviting dissidents to their national day receptions in Havana -- in what was known as "the cocktail war".
The two Polish deputies who were turned away at Havana airport appealed on Friday to reinstate the diplomatic restrictions.
"The change of the European policy towards Cuba does not bring any results," Jacek Protasiewicz and Boguslaw Sonik wrote in a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
"Fidel Castro's regime does not liberalise its internal policy towards human rights activists and nor does it open itself for honest contacts with the EU," they added.
The expelled German legislator Arnold Vaatz told a news conference in Madrid -- where Cuban authorities sent him after collecting him from his hotel -- that dissidents in Cuba felt the European policy shift had made life harder for them.
"What it has achieved ... is that the degree of lost autonomy, the degree of terror and the degree of the regime's arbitrariness has increased month after month," Vaatz, deputy head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag said.
But diplomats said EU foreign ministers were unlikely to discuss Cuba at this month's meeting on Monday.
EU newcomer Poland called on Cuba to free the three Polish journalists detained on Friday and expected to be deported while Rome called for the Italian journalist to be released and summoned the Cuban ambassador "for clarifications".
Spain also summoned the Cuban ambassador, a diplomatic source said without giving further details. (Additional reporting by Emma Ross-Thomas in Madrid) ((Writing by Marcin Grajewski, editing by Sami Aboudi; marcin.grajewski@reuters.com; Reuters messaging: marcin.grajewski.reuters.com@reuters.net; Phone: +32 2 287 6835))
20/05/2005 21:22
(Updates with third Spaniard's expulsion paragraph 2, Spain summoning ambassador paragraphs 4, 17)
By Marcin Grajewski
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Friday its relations with Cuba could suffer following recent expulsions of European parliamentarians from the island by Fidel Castro's communist government.
Cuba expelled a Czech senator and a German legislator on Thursday, hours before they were due to attend a meeting sponsored by Castro's opponents. Two former Spanish senators were expelled on Thursday followed by a legislator on Friday, party officials said.
UPDATE 3-EU warns Cuba over lawmakers' expulsions
20/05/2005 21:22
(Updates with third Spaniard's expulsion paragraph 2, Spain summoning ambassador paragraphs 4, 17)
By Marcin Grajewski
BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Friday its relations with Cuba could suffer following recent expulsions of European parliamentarians from the island by Fidel Castro's communist government.
Cuba expelled a Czech senator and a German legislator on Thursday, hours before they were due to attend a meeting sponsored by Castro's opponents. Two former Spanish senators were expelled on Thursday followed by a legislator on Friday, party officials said.
Authorities also detained four European journalists and denied entry to two Polish members of the European Parliament who planned to attend dissident meetings.
Italy and Spain summoned the Cuban ambassadors in Rome and Madrid over the arrests and expulsions.
"This is not acceptable ... As such incidents occur even the best friends of Cuba would find it difficult to maintain their position," Amadeu Tardio, spokesman of the executive European Commission, told a news conference.
He said any change in the 25-nation EU's stance towards Cuba could come only at a June meeting of its foreign ministers.
The ministers are to decide whether to continue the current policy of diplomatic dialogue with Castro or reapply diplomatic sanctions over human rights abuses.
The EU upgraded its relations with Cuba on Jan. 31 at the request of Spain's Socialist government.
The Union had earlier suspended high-level visits while Cuba froze contacts with EU diplomats after they began inviting dissidents to their national day receptions in Havana -- in what was known as "the cocktail war".
The two Polish deputies who were turned away at Havana airport appealed on Friday to reinstate the diplomatic restrictions.
"The change of the European policy towards Cuba does not bring any results," Jacek Protasiewicz and Boguslaw Sonik wrote in a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
"Fidel Castro's regime does not liberalise its internal policy towards human rights activists and nor does it open itself for honest contacts with the EU," they added.
The expelled German legislator Arnold Vaatz told a news conference in Madrid -- where Cuban authorities sent him after collecting him from his hotel -- that dissidents in Cuba felt the European policy shift had made life harder for them.
"What it has achieved ... is that the degree of lost autonomy, the degree of terror and the degree of the regime's arbitrariness has increased month after month," Vaatz, deputy head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag said.
But diplomats said EU foreign ministers were unlikely to discuss Cuba at this month's meeting on Monday.
EU newcomer Poland called on Cuba to free the three Polish journalists detained on Friday and expected to be deported while Rome called for the Italian journalist to be released and summoned the Cuban ambassador "for clarifications".
Spain also summoned the Cuban ambassador, a diplomatic source said without giving further details. (Additional reporting by Emma Ross-Thomas in Madrid) ((Writing by Marcin Grajewski, editing by Sami Aboudi; marcin.grajewski@reuters.com; Reuters messaging: marcin.grajewski.reuters.com@reuters.net; Phone: +32 2 287 6835))
Authorities also detained four European journalists and denied entry to two Polish members of the European Parliament who planned to attend dissident meetings.
Italy and Spain summoned the Cuban ambassadors in Rome and Madrid over the arrests and expulsions.
"This is not acceptable ... As such incidents occur even the best friends of Cuba would find it difficult to maintain their position," Amadeu Tardio, spokesman of the executive European Commission, told a news conference.
He said any change in the 25-nation EU's stance towards Cuba could come only at a June meeting of its foreign ministers.
The ministers are to decide whether to continue the current policy of diplomatic dialogue with Castro or reapply diplomatic sanctions over human rights abuses.
The EU upgraded its relations with Cuba on Jan. 31 at the request of Spain's Socialist government.
The Union had earlier suspended high-level visits while Cuba froze contacts with EU diplomats after they began inviting dissidents to their national day receptions in Havana -- in what was known as "the cocktail war".
The two Polish deputies who were turned away at Havana airport appealed on Friday to reinstate the diplomatic restrictions.
"The change of the European policy towards Cuba does not bring any results," Jacek Protasiewicz and Boguslaw Sonik wrote in a letter to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
"Fidel Castro's regime does not liberalise its internal policy towards human rights activists and nor does it open itself for honest contacts with the EU," they added.
The expelled German legislator Arnold Vaatz told a news conference in Madrid -- where Cuban authorities sent him after collecting him from his hotel -- that dissidents in Cuba felt the European policy shift had made life harder for them.
"What it has achieved ... is that the degree of lost autonomy, the degree of terror and the degree of the regime's arbitrariness has increased month after month," Vaatz, deputy head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag said.
But diplomats said EU foreign ministers were unlikely to discuss Cuba at this month's meeting on Monday.
EU newcomer Poland called on Cuba to free the three Polish journalists detained on Friday and expected to be deported while Rome called for the Italian journalist to be released and summoned the Cuban ambassador "for clarifications".
Spain also summoned the Cuban ambassador, a diplomatic source said without giving further details. (Additional reporting by Emma Ross-Thomas in Madrid) ((Writing by Marcin Grajewski, editing by Sami Aboudi; marcin.grajewski@reuters.com; Reuters messaging: marcin.grajewski.reuters.com@reuters.net; Phone: +32 2 287 6835))
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-Disidentes cubanos realizan reunión sin precedentes
ACTUALIZA 1-Disidentes cubanos realizan reunión sin precedentes
20/05/2005 21:23
(Actualiza con citas, detalles y contexto)
LA HABANA, mayo 20 (Reuters) - Disidentes cubanos cantaron el viernes "¡Libertad, Libertad!" y "¡Abajo Fidel Castro!" en una reunión sin precedentes en La Habana para impulsar un cambio democrático y demandar la liberación de los prisioneros políticos cubanos.
Unos 200 opositores al gobierno del presidente Fidel Castro se reunieron en un terreno de árboles frutales en las afueras de La Habana, en la primera reunión de la Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil, organización que cuenta con el apoyo de Estados Unidos y agrupa a docenas de pequeños grupos disidentes en toda la isla caribeña.
El gobierno comunista de Cuba, que considera a los disidentes mercenarios pagados al servicio de Estados Unidos, permitió la reunión en este lugar, pero expulsó a un senador checo y a un legislador alemán, quienes fueron invitados a asistir como observadores, y también arrestó a un periodista italiano y cuatro polacos enviados para informar sobre la Asamblea.
Un total de seis polacos fueron arrestados en Cuba, de ellos tres periodistas fueron deportados el viernes en la tarde vía Cancún, México, dijo un diplomático polaco en La Habana.
En el grupo se incluyen también un fotógrafo, un traductor y un experto en temas políticos cubanos.
También fue detenido, según la organización Reporteros Sin Fronteras, el periodista italiano Francesco Battistini del periódico Corriere della Sera.
La economista disidente Martha Beatriz Roque, quien organizó la reunión, dijo que las expulsiones mostraron la naturaleza "totalitaria" del gobierno cubano.
"Ningún estado, ningún régimen, ningún partido tiene derecho a controlar a toda una nación. Por eso estamos aquí", dijo Roque sobre la reunión.
Roque, quien esperaba que unos 360 delegados asistieran a la Asamblea, dijo que ésta es la primera reunión de este tipo desde que Castro llegó al poder con la revolución en 1959.
La economista disidente dijo que las autoridades habían obstaculizado a los delegados para impedirles viajar a La Habana.
Una primera reunión similar de opositores al gobierno cubano, que se intentó organizar en 1996, fue cancelada después que la policía arrestó a la mayoría de sus líderes.
MENSAJE POR VIDEO
En un mensaje difundido por video a la Asamblea, el presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, dijo a los disidentes que mantendrá la presión sobre Cuba para lograr un cambio democrático.
En el 2004, el gobierno estadounidense restringió los viajes de cubano-estadounidenses y limitó el envío de remesas.
"Seguiremos presionando hasta que el pueblo cubano goce de la misma libertad en La Habana que la que existe en Estados Unidos", dijo Bush en su mensaje difundido en la Asamblea desde una computadora portátil.
Y destacó, asimismo, la "valentía" de los opositores que participan en este evento por los "grandes riesgos" que corren (...) "para salir de la sombra de la represión".
Diplomáticos estadounidenses y europeos asistieron a la reunión como observadores.
La Unión Europea deberá decidir el próximo mes si volverá a establecer sanciones diplomáticas contra Cuba, que ha ignorado sus solicitudes para que libere a otros 61 opositores encarcelados.
UE dijo que sus relaciones con Cuba podrían verse afectadas tras lLa as recientes expulsiones del jueves del senador checo Karel Schwarzenberg y el legislador alemán Arnold Vaatz, de la bancada parlamentaria alemana CDU/CSU.
"No es aceptable (...). Mientras ocurran tales incidentes, incluso los mejores amigos de Cuba encontrarán difícil mantener sus posición", dijo el portavoz de la Comisión de la Comunidad Europea, Amadeu Tardio, en una conferencia de prensa realizada en Bruselas. ((Por Anthony B
20/05/2005 21:23
(Actualiza con citas, detalles y contexto)
LA HABANA, mayo 20 (Reuters) - Disidentes cubanos cantaron el viernes "¡Libertad, Libertad!" y "¡Abajo Fidel Castro!" en una reunión sin precedentes en La Habana para impulsar un cambio democrático y demandar la liberación de los prisioneros políticos cubanos.
Unos 200 opositores al gobierno del presidente Fidel Castro se reunieron en un terreno de árboles frutales en las afueras de La Habana, en la primera reunión de la Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil, organización que cuenta con el apoyo de Estados Unidos y agrupa a docenas de pequeños grupos disidentes en toda la isla caribeña.
El gobierno comunista de Cuba, que considera a los disidentes mercenarios pagados al servicio de Estados Unidos, permitió la reunión en este lugar, pero expulsó a un senador checo y a un legislador alemán, quienes fueron invitados a asistir como observadores, y también arrestó a un periodista italiano y cuatro polacos enviados para informar sobre la Asamblea.
Un total de seis polacos fueron arrestados en Cuba, de ellos tres periodistas fueron deportados el viernes en la tarde vía Cancún, México, dijo un diplomático polaco en La Habana.
En el grupo se incluyen también un fotógrafo, un traductor y un experto en temas políticos cubanos.
También fue detenido, según la organización Reporteros Sin Fronteras, el periodista italiano Francesco Battistini del periódico Corriere della Sera.
La economista disidente Martha Beatriz Roque, quien organizó la reunión, dijo que las expulsiones mostraron la naturaleza "totalitaria" del gobierno cubano.
"Ningún estado, ningún régimen, ningún partido tiene derecho a controlar a toda una nación. Por eso estamos aquí", dijo Roque sobre la reunión.
Roque, quien esperaba que unos 360 delegados asistieran a la Asamblea, dijo que ésta es la primera reunión de este tipo desde que Castro llegó al poder con la revolución en 1959.
La economista disidente dijo que las autoridades habían obstaculizado a los delegados para impedirles viajar a La Habana.
Una primera reunión similar de opositores al gobierno cubano, que se intentó organizar en 1996, fue cancelada después que la policía arrestó a la mayoría de sus líderes.
MENSAJE POR VIDEO
En un mensaje difundido por video a la Asamblea, el presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, dijo a los disidentes que mantendrá la presión sobre Cuba para lograr un cambio democrático.
En el 2004, el gobierno estadounidense restringió los viajes de cubano-estadounidenses y limitó el envío de remesas.
"Seguiremos presionando hasta que el pueblo cubano goce de la misma libertad en La Habana que la que existe en Estados Unidos", dijo Bush en su mensaje difundido en la Asamblea desde una computadora portátil.
Y destacó, asimismo, la "valentía" de los opositores que participan en este evento por los "grandes riesgos" que corren (...) "para salir de la sombra de la represión".
Diplomáticos estadounidenses y europeos asistieron a la reunión como observadores.
La Unión Europea deberá decidir el próximo mes si volverá a establecer sanciones diplomáticas contra Cuba, que ha ignorado sus solicitudes para que libere a otros 61 opositores encarcelados.
UE dijo que sus relaciones con Cuba podrían verse afectadas tras lLa as recientes expulsiones del jueves del senador checo Karel Schwarzenberg y el legislador alemán Arnold Vaatz, de la bancada parlamentaria alemana CDU/CSU.
"No es aceptable (...). Mientras ocurran tales incidentes, incluso los mejores amigos de Cuba encontrarán difícil mantener sus posición", dijo el portavoz de la Comisión de la Comunidad Europea, Amadeu Tardio, en una conferencia de prensa realizada en Bruselas. ((Por Anthony B
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