Brussels, 7 June 2021. The European Parliament has scheduled for Tuesday 8 June an artificial debate on what it is pleased to call “the political and human rights situation in Cuba” If this body indeed decides to discuss Cuba, the debate should clearly center on the massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights of the entire Cuban population resulting from the genocidal, immoral and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade maintained by Washington against our country for over 60 years. We wonder whether the promoters of this farce would be willing to demand of the US government the cessation of a policy which, up to the end of March 2020, represented cumulative damages to the Cuban economy totaling US $144,413,400,000. Are they similarly willing to defend the European individuals and companies affected by the increasing territoriality of the blockade? Would they be prepared to request their American opposite numbers to repeal the Helms Burton Act? Are they going to demand the elimination of the 243 measures imposed by ex-president Donald Trump, which the present US administration has left in place? It is shameful that a group of MEPs has promoted the inclusion of this topic on the European Parliament’s agenda. Europe’s electors and the international community would expect this body to be objective and impartial, rather than act with selectivity and double standards, when examining questions relating to human rights in a world so turbulent, where there are daily occurrences that touch the universal conscience and about which the European Parliament has maintained and maintains a complicit and immoral silence. It is an affront to human dignity that issues such as racism, discrimination and the increasing xenophobia present in Europe are not debated in depth by the parliament. Also deeply offensive are the biased approaches by right-wing positions in the assessment of situations in Latin America and the Middle East. It is an extreme insult and breach of ethics to criticize Cuba, a country that guarantees the right to life and is an example to the world of solidarity and cooperation in matters of public health, education and other basic aspects of human rights. Follow the link: http://www.minrex.gob.cu/en/farce-debate-cuba-european-parliament