Cubans Reject Offences by the European Parliament

How long are they going to behave like our metropolis?

European deputies were much more worried about sending a message to satisfy the US government than about human rights, which explains the resolution condemning Cuba. Appalling events take place in different parts of the world every day, including Europe and nobody seems to care about them. How long are they going to continue behaving as if they were our metropolis? Yeneisis Fuerte Tabares, BANDEC economist specialist in Pinar del Río)

Putting on a media show

The European Parliament must look at itself before criticizing others. Prisoners were taken to secret prisons precisely in those countries from the so-called cultured Europe. It is in Europe where the violation of human rights to immigrants and poor people is an every-day fact. Big mainstream companies are trying to put on a media show with manipulated puppets who have gone on a hunger strike in order to attract people’s attention and play along with the enemy. However, they are undermining the work by Cuban doctors who are doing their best to provide free healthcare in more than a hundred countries.  (Yudenis Monteagudo, worker in La Romagnola restaurant in Ciego de Ávila)

The World Knows Cuba

"It is true that harassment has always been present, mainly toward the Cuban sport s teams. However, the entire world knows us and sees us as what we really are: a successful country where every Cuban is fighting against manipulation, wars and hegemonic power by giving their best contribution at work, being supportive and humanitarian. ".(Juan Carlos Gala, Women Volleybal Team´s technical director)

We´ll never accept an offence like this one

"There has ever been a fairer society than ours. Those who condenm us nowadays know that all Cubans have the same rights, as well as access to healthcare (even those trying to tarnish the Cuban Revolution). So, we have thousands of doctors and nurses providing thousands of people worldwide with life, happiness and health. Due to all the above mentioned and many other reasons, Cubans will never accept an offence like that of the European Parliament". (Bienvenido José Mantilla, a man awarded by his relevant work in the enterprise of beverages and soft drinks in Las Tunas)

They have no moral right to condemn us

Those who stayed in silence about the USA’s torture in Iraq have no right to condemn us. They should follow the example of Cuba, a country which, instead of sending soldiers to kill, sends doctors to save people’s lives as in the recent case of Haiti. The mercenaries paid by the USA and its leaders know that the Cuban people will never surrender. No campaign in the world will ever make us give in. (Nélida Cabrera, housewife, Villa Clara)

Cuba: An example of respect for the complete dignity of people.

"The European Parliament’s condemnation against Cuba is totally unjust. Cuba’s penitentiary system is characterized by its humanity. It is an example of respect towards the dignity and the integrity of the prisoners and prosecuted. The point is that those against the Cuban Revolution are just looking for an opportunity to try to tarnish Cuba’s prestige and its social process. If there is a country in the whole world which really has a program to re-educate its prisoners and reinsert them into society, it is Cuba, and Fidel played a leading role in the creation and implementation of this program. . (Msc José Luis Garcés Pérez, head district attorney of fiscal verifications, Provincial District Attorney’s Office in the eastern province of Granma)

They have no authority to accuse us.

Neither the European Parliament nor any other entity is in a position to condemn Cuba which has historically shown respect towards human dignity, and has cared for the well being of its inhabitants or any person in need worldwide. Those who have allowed a foreign power to capture and torture their own citizens have no moral right to condemn Cuba, which has been attacked and blockaded for over half a century by the biggest world power. (Julio M. Llanes, writer from the central province of Sancti Spíritus, and author of over a dozen of books for kids, adolescent and adults).

Interviewers: : Ronald Suárez Rivas, Harold Iglesias, Freddy Pérez Cabrera, Juan Antonio Borrego, Ortelio González Martínez, Pastor Batista and Eugenio Pérez Almarales.