Wednesday 25 May 2016

Rosa María Payá “Totalitarianism is not broken in Cuba, we can not pretend it is”



Rosa Maria Paya (Photo: Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo)

Rosa Maria Paya (Photo: Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo)

EFE  María Tejero Martín, Oslo, 23 May 2016 — Cuban opposition member Rosa María Payá said Monday ,in an interview with EFE, that the “totalitarianism” of the government led by Raul Castro “has not broken” despite the open contact with the United States and the European Union (EU), and so she asked that these approaches be used to achieve “concrete progress.”
“Rapprochement with Cuba is very good, but it depends on how and how it is sold. It also has negative consequences, such as the rest of the world perceiving an internal process of openings toward democracy, and this has not occurred,” said Payá in the Norwegian capital, where she has come to participate in the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF). Continue reading

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