Conference Quo Vadis, Cuba- Transition Scenarios at the end of the Castro era

13/14 May 2008
Brussels

A joint conference of the Robert Schuman Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on the future of Cuba was hosted by Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP (Spain) on 13 and 14 May in Brussels.

In the view of all the different speakers, there is nothing happening now in Cuba that allows the European Union to consider that democracy will be achieved. The recent passing of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl and the announcement that Cubans can now buy laptops or rent hotel rooms are considered only cosmetic changes.

The conference included participation by representatives of movements working for democracy inside and outside Cuba, the US Department of State, Christian Democrats politicians from several Latin America countries and organisations, MEPs, experts from the European Commission and the Vice-President of the Centrist Democrat International, former Mexico president, Vicente Fox.

Press release:

08/05/2008

EPP-ED Group Vice-Chairman, Jaime Mayor Oreja, to chair first conference on possible political transition scenarios for Cuba after Castro era

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