Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-02-01-Speech-3-107"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-02-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cuba2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060201.13.3-107"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-02-01-Speech-3-1082
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, to some people, including in Europe, Cuba is paradise, while to others, it is hell. Measured against Europe’s current yardstick of a multi-party democracy and individual human rights, that country leaves a great deal to be desired. For nearly half a century, the same movement and the same leader have been in power. The Cubans are not free to travel abroad, not even to receive a prize that has been awarded to them. Oppositions are given little opportunity to organise themselves and if, despite everything, they succeed, they are not given the chance to measure their public following at election time. Like its big neighbour, the United States, Cuba still practises capital punishment, and that is something that can, and indeed should, be condemned. With all this criticism heaped on Cuba, I do not think that we are dealing with your everyday dictatorship. The country makes great claims for itself and has, for years, served as an example to the rest of Latin America in the areas of education, health care and other public services, as well as the protection of the most vulnerable sections of the population. In terms of democracy and human rights, it was certainly not worse off than the rest of Latin America used to be. It still serves as the source of inspiration for those voters – a majority – who favour modernisation in Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Europe has never followed North America’s tactic of isolating Cuba, and rightly so, for much of what is wrong in Cuba is being fostered by this very tactic. If we want Cuba to improve, we need to work at building an open relationship."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph