The Swedish-Cuban Association
15th December 2021
To the Swedish MEP:s and to the President of the European Parliament David Maria Sassoli, and the different political groups of the European Parliament and the European Commission et al. European Parliament on CUBA, Thursday 16th September 2021, [2021/3019(RSP)]
On the initiative of right-wing MEP:s a third session this year of the European Parliament is planned to use time to accuse Cuba of alleged crimes against human rights. A list of nine Cubans whose rights have been allegedly not respected is presented together with demands that they not serve any prison sentences that Cuban courts give them. Amongst the crimes for which members of this group have been found guilty are violent assault of other Cubans, robbery, theft, contempt of court, crimes of attack, public disorder and offensive acts against Cuba’s national symbols.
The right-wing initiators of the accusations against Cuba show complete disrespect for and ignorance of Cuba’s judicial system and system of governance with People’s Power based on voting for individuals who one has trust in, and not voting on parties. All peoples have the right to choose their form of governance and the People of Cuba have chosen their form that unites the whole people and gives them free education including university, health care for all, culture and a myriad of opportunities to involve themselves in democratic decision-making and also taking responsibility for the common good. This is all laid out in Cuba’s new updated constitution agreed upon by the referendum’s clear 87 percent majority of the 84 percent participation of the electorate. It was preceded by massive consultative discussions around Cuba about the text.
These nine Cubans, promoted by the right-wing MEP:s, do not in any way represent the vast majority of the Cuban People. Public data show that Washington has during the last twenty years spent almost 250 million US Dollars to subvert Cuba. Among the nine you find paid agents receiving a thousand dollars a month, cash originating from the US government and other anti-Cuban forces that want to eliminate the example that Cuba is for the millions of poor people living in countries of the South.
The US Government is continuing its blockade against Cuba and together with its imperialist allies is intent on disgustingly trying to take advantage of the Corona pandemic and also Cuba’s loss of income from tourism due to the pandemic, to try to destroy Cuba by increasing blockade action even more, with the aim of restoring control like the USA had during dictator Batista’s years before Cuba’s revolution 1959. It is this neo-colonial policy that some right-wing MEP:s lend themselves to by associating themselves with these nine pawns of present day big power neo-colonialism ambitions, in efforts in vain to promote chaos and using well-funded media to spread a negative picture of Cuba as a failed state when the opposite is true.
Instead, the European Parliament must end the destructive Cuba policy of the right-wingers.
• It must concretely deepen, broaden and increase its active support for the “Political Dialogue and cooperation Agreement” between the EU and Cuba. Initiate cooperation projects.
• The EU has laws and regulations to counteract the blockade. These must be implemented to protect its citizens and companies. The EU – referring to international and EU laws and especially to the demand to end the blockade voiced by the 184 states of the United Nations the 23rd of June 2021 – must break with the US blockade laws.
• Develop the European Parliament MEP group for friendship between EU and Cuba for exchange and understanding and contribute to contact between the parliamentarians and leaders of both societies.
• Promote tripartite cooperation between EU/EU countries, Cuba and poor countries of the South, especially now to fight the Corona epidemic. Offer cooperation with Cuba’s doctors in over 40 countries.
Swedish-Cuban Association
