EU agrees to rethink Cuba dissident invitations

[Mika]

EU agrees to rethink Cuba dissident invitations
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/16/eu.cuba.reut/index.html

BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) -- The European Union agreed on Tuesday to rethink its practice of inviting Cuban dissidents to diplomatic receptions in Havana after the invitations soured relations between Cuba and the bloc.

The EU policy of asking political opponents to National Day cocktails has so incensed the Cuban government that it has shut its doors to European diplomats. Ambassadors are shunned and telephone calls not returned.

Representatives of the EU's 25 member states have reviewed policy towards the Caribbean Communist island at the request of Spain's new Socialist government, keen to end the row.

Cuba: The only nation that the US has a trade surplus with.

[Mika]

1. Considering that Cuba just switched from the dollar to the Euro..

.. it might be a good idea for the EU to drop the ridiculous standoff against Cuba that the US pushes them into.



Cuba: The only country that the US has a trade surplus with.

[robcon]

2. Inviting the dissidents is the smartest thing they could do.

It highlights the gulag's suppression of dissent, and gives the resistance to the regime increased encouragement.