Kun når det drejer sig om Cuba, bliver disse utilstrækkeligheder på menneskerettighedsområdet til et indledende spørgsmål, som forhindrer dialog og samarbejde.
But the dialogue that we advocate, that we believe in and which we put into practice, Mr President, has not been wrecked by any government of the European Union, nor by Osvaldo Payá, nor by Elisardo Sánchez, nor by Marta Beatriz Roque, but by the policy of executions, the arrest of independent journalists - such as Raúl Rivero, who is currently rotting in Cuban prisons, and others - and the policy of arresting peaceful dissidents and human rights campaigners.