Cuba and the European Community

If the relationship between Europe and Cuba seem to standardize, Fidel Casto seems nevertheless quite reluctant or at least not very grateful according to El Pais. Indeed, on Feb 1st, the European Community declared that it would temporarily suspend its sanctions towards Cuba; El Pais in an article published on Feb 3rd alludes to Castro’s reaction in a speech he delivered the day after the European declaration and in which he claims that Cuba had been unfairly punished by the European Community and doesn’t need its support.

Such reactions may slow down future European attempts to standardize the relationship with Cuba and also make other countries more reluctant to commit into a process of standardization with Cuba; and unfortunately, once again, the Cuban people will pay the price for it…