• TRAVEL: The Government pushes the Kings to travel to Cuba in full political vacuum in Spain
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The trip of the State of the Kings to Cuba has a historical dimension, since it is the first one made by a Spanish Monarch, but also uncomfortable edges. The visit has a "marked institutional and historical character," diplomatic sources explain. But in a displacement like this, the political aspect has a key dimension, even more so in the case of the Castro regime. Felipe VI will meet with representatives of civil society, but these sources avoid specifying whether the collective includes prominent voices of dissent such as Guillermo Fariñas, Berta Soler or Yoani Sánchez.

"There will be space for the King to meet with members of civil society who are not part of the state apparatus or institutions," is the ambiguous message from diplomatic sources familiar with the trip. They will be people who "provide a different reality about the present and future" of Cuba, who think "different from the official entities", but the sources consulted avoid mentioning the word "dissent" or provide any name of this group of civil society, taking refuge in that "many have asked us not to expose them".

The consulted sources do indicate that the Cuban authorities "do not necessarily have to know" with which representatives of civil society the King is going to meet, in that effort to defend his anonymity. In any case, it is ruled out that in that group are voices such as Fariña or Sánchez . It is not intended that the visit of the King, wrapped in a halo of history and institutionality, causes a diplomatic conflict.

The issue of human rights, political prisoners, etc ... is a heavy stone in official travels of the King such as Cuba or Saudi Arabia. Foreign sources try to relieve pressure on the Monarch and argue that the trip "is not a support for anything. It is a trip to defend the interests of the State and normalization of relations. The King does not support governments, who is responsible of politics is the Government. The King does not do party politics, but institutional. "

During the visit to Cuba by the Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, in mid-October, in the framework of the bilateral mechanism of political consultations signed between the two countries, diplomatic sources indicate that the issue of human rights was addressed at that meeting , but without providing more details.

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