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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10087
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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