Borrell, Latin America and the European Union

By: Pedro Corzo - 24/09/2024

Guest columnist.
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All indications are that many institutions operate more on the basis of the judgement of their officials than on the values ​​on which they claim to be based. This is the case of the European Union, an entity institutionally committed to democracy and the enjoyment of citizens' rights, which incurs in incomprehensible contradictions.

The Cuban Resistance Assembly, an organization linked to the overthrow of the dictatorship of the largest of the Antilles – which also shows great concern for the dangers that democracy faces in the hemisphere – has been denouncing, practically since its creation, the indulgence of the European Union with the totalitarian regime in Cuba. Accusations that, despite their perseverance, have not been successful, because one of the most important officials of that entity, Joseph Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, apparently feels sympathy for Castroism and its heirs.

Which brings me once again to agree with the writers Jose Antonio Albertini and Alexis Ortiz, who affirm that many personalities born or trained under the management of the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro have not been able to free themselves from these influences. And if we bear in mind that Borrell was trained and was a high official in the administrations of one of Fidel's staunchest allies, the former head of the Spanish government Felipe González, today very rightly positioned against the autocracy of Nicolas Maduro. However, González has never admitted that what Venezuela is currently suffering from is a malignant metastasis created by his former ally Fidel Castro.

Members of civil society within the island have addressed Borrell requesting that the bloc's subsidy to the Havana regime be eliminated, along with the aforementioned Cuban Resistance Assembly, which has demanded compliance with a resolution approved by a large majority of MEPs, which demands the end of support for the Cuban tyranny.

The petition states that “the abuses and violations of human rights systematically perpetrated by the Cuban regime against protesters, political dissidents, religious leaders, human rights activists and independent artists, among others, have increased,” while demanding “the activation of the human rights clause of the Agreement on Political Dialogue and Cooperation with Cuba.”

While Borrell and other officials laugh at the grimaces of Cuban totalitarianism, the number of political prisoners has grown considerably and their living conditions have seriously deteriorated, as has also happened with the rest of the citizens.

The appeal stresses that the “number of political prisoners has increased more than eightfold since 2018, making Cuba the largest prison for political activists and dissidents in Latin America,” a shameful position it has held since 1959.

On the other hand, I must write with extreme satisfaction that this same High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Borrell, said that the Government of Nicolás Maduro “is a dictatorial and authoritarian regime”, a statement that should include the regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia, four governments that deny their citizens the enjoyment of the most basic rights.

The failures of Cuban totalitarianism are repeated in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, countries that are experiencing precarious conditions at all levels. Their leaders only seek to perpetuate themselves in power and based on that objective, they sacrifice the integral well-being of their people.

Castro-Chavismo has turned out to be a tremendous fiasco in each and every one of the countries in which it has been imposed and is a real threat to other nations, among which Colombia and Mexico stand out, where historical supporters of the statements of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez govern.

Latin America has never ceased to be a volcano on the verge of eruption, but at this moment the danger is much greater than at any time in the past. The enemies of democracy are many, they have more resources and experience, and you don't have to be a prophet to sense this.

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