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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cuba2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040422.9.4-250"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-22-Speech-4-2512
lpv:speaker	lp:María Luisa Bergaz Conesa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (2003-07-24--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2003-09-01--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; EMPL (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3,3 member; PETI (2003-09-01--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (2003-07-24--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2003-09-01--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, my group has always defended the principles of respecting and protecting freedoms, human, social and national rights and rights to sovereignty and democratic development. We must always work from an objective point of view and nobody in this House can deny that Cuba has achieved a high level of social, economic, scientific and technological development, which is objectively verifiable and indisputable, despite its international isolation and the asphyxiating blockade by the United States, which it has been suffering for almost half a century. This development has been demonstrated by the indicators in the most advanced and reliable studies and investigations by numerous United Nations bodies. This development also includes fundamental aspects of daily life, such as education, culture, sport and health. I regret that certain Members of this House are still expressing fury at the Cuban Government in such an irresponsible way and with so little objectivity, while refusing to condemn very serious situations in other parts of the world, resulting from the orders of Washington, that is to say, restrictions of freedoms, interference in the politics of other countries by the United States, as well as the prisoners in Guantánamo, about which you say nothing and whose subhuman situation you do not condemn. Their human rights are not recognised, because the United States has decided that they are in no man's land, but this territory belongs to the United States, it is on Cuban territory and Cuba is a sovereign country. We cannot have two different yardsticks when it comes to applying human rights at international level. It is highly regrettable that certain groups in this House continuously condemn the situation in Cuba in terms of political prisoners, opponents of the Cuban Government but, nevertheless, avoid debating the horrendous conditions of the five Cubans jailed in the United States, who are denied family visits and fair trials. Our group has been condemning this in this House and nobody has spoken out on behalf of these prisoners. And I ask myself, do the prisoners in the United States, Guantánamo, the 10 000 in Iraq and other countries not deserve the same consideration and treatment by the European Parliament? My group considers human rights to be universal, and we defend freedom of expression, the recognition of family visits to prisoners and respect for the government of each country, without political interference from other countries."@en1

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