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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10087

27 February 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/latin america
Tragic death of Cuban dissident undermines Spanish Presidency's policy of openness towards Havana

Brussels, 26/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - The inaction of the Castro government in trying to prevent the death, on Tuesday of this week, of Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo after a hunger strike has been belatedly condemned by European bodies. Criticised for his silence on the national stage, Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero called on Thursday 25 February for Havana to “release prisoners of conscience and respect human, rights”. On the same day, EU High...

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