Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrives in Europe, which is the first stop as part of a tour that the Havana regime is carrying out to manage any type of international support possible, even among the elements most questioned by the West.
The farewell ceremony was in charge in Cuba of Raúl Castro himself, who on Sunday night in Havana gave the go-ahead to the delegation headed by the Cuban president, who landed in Rome some 10 hours later, to be received this Tuesday by the Pope Francisco.
Rosa María Payá, founder of Cuba Decide, explains that “we must recognize the moment of deep economic crisis and political repression… the moment of state terrorism that Cuban citizens are experiencing.”
Criticism about the visit has even rained down on the Cuban government’s own Twitter account. The Vatican has anticipated that the exchange will be brief and without protocol, but many wonder if the situation of the political prisoners of July 11 will be on the table for debate?
“The only issue that makes sense between His Holiness and the criminals in power in Cuba are human rights, the freedom of political prisoners in Cuba and the end of impunity. Nothing else makes sense”, considers Payá.
The representative of Castroism will be received at the Holy See, less than two years after hundreds of Cubans who went to protest against the regime were denied entry there.
For many, this meeting “has more political than economic readings.”
For the world press, this meeting is in addition to those that the Pope will be holding these days with heads of state or other political figures. For Díaz-Canel, this is an important media appearance after receiving the president of the authoritarian government of Iran and strengthening ties with Moscow.
The Cuban economist Elias Amor Bravo considers that “this contrast between a Marrero walking through Eurasia and Russia, and a Díaz-Canel in Europe, kissing the Pope’s hand, I think it gives an idea of what a dramatic situation the communist regime is in.” Cuban”.
This tour will end in France, at a world summit on the “new global financial order”.
“I honestly believe that Díaz-Canel is going to return to Cuba with one hand in front and the other behind… he is not going to get anything. Basically because he does not have the data that will be required in order to have some benefit. Data is being able to pay up to date,” explains economist Elias Amor Bravo.
It is expected that “Díaz-Canel will hold meetings with Italian authorities before traveling to Serbia with a similar agenda … the summit in France will take place between June 22 and 23.”
