HAVANA (Reuters) - European Union Development Commissioner Louis Michel held talks on Friday with Cuba's communist authorities that included sensitive human rights issues such as political prisoners and access to jails....
And now i bet those euro's were tough with him
"The mood is good and the conversations are very frank," he told reporters after his meetings.
"There is an acceptance on the Cuban side (of the need) to discuss all these very sensitive issues, human rights, the prisoners, renewed cooperation between the European Union and Cuba," he said.
errr wait
Michel reported no progress on the issue of political prisoners, but he said he was impressed by the Cuban authorities desire to deepen talks with Brussels and put its relations with the EU back on track.
EuroSpeak: They WANT to be nicer
Europe, which opposes U.S. sanctions on Cuba, has been Cuba's main trade and investment partner. But Havana is increasingly turning to other allies, such as China and Venezuela, and buys most of its food imports from the United States under an exception to the 1963 trade embargo.
wait wait i am confused..... don't the lefties always say we are starving the poor people there?
Perez Roque said Cuba wanted to widen relations with Europe. Earlier this week, he said Havana was open to talks on human rights. But he reiterated Cuba's view that all dissidents are U.S.-paid "mercenaries" and called on EU nations to drop their annual support for a U.S.-sponsored resolution against Cuba at the U.N. Human Rights Commission, currently meeting in Geneva.
and of course what do the euro's do?
At the request of Spain's new Socialist government, the EU lifted its diplomatic sanctions in January and reverted to a policy of engagement that will be reviewed in June or July.
Europe: defending the human rights of.... no wait, that's wrong
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