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The outbreak of the social crisis in Castro's Cuba, with spontaneous street protests against the Government, surprised the Spanish Executive in the midst of the remodeling and change in the portfolio

of the Foreign Ministry

.

This delayed a reaction that finally occurred late in the day and that lagged far behind the events.

Although

Spain

tried to align its position with that previously expressed by the

EU

and from the

Diplomatic Information Office

assured that, "as an Ibero-American country, it follows the situation in Cuba with great interest and closely" and is "waiting to see how it evolves", the reality is that at that time it was known that it was impossible to quantify the number of detained and disappeared.

The first message that an attempt was made to convey to the Cuban president,

Miguel Díaz-Canel

, in line with what was expressed by the High Representative for European Foreign Policy,

Josep Borrell

, is that Spain "recognizes the right to demonstrate freely and peacefully."

"We want the prevailing climate to be peaceful," they noted in Foreign Affairs.

A warning that was almost immediately out of date because the violent response was already taking place.

After the Cuban leader encouraged his supporters to take to the streets ready for "combat," Cuba woke up militarized.

At the expense of a new reaction today from the Spanish government, the Foreign Ministry did demand "reforms" to the regime.

He sees it as "desirable" that they be undertaken because Cuba "is suffering a crisis in which several elements converge, among which the economic crisis stands out, as well as a tourism crisis derived from the

Covid

."

"We express our concern about the serious shortages that its population is facing," they said from the OID.

Spain is studying sending humanitarian aid as it has done with the displaced in

Venezuela

.

Although the Executive was immersed in the exchange of portfolios, both

PP

and

Ciudadanos

spoke out on the situation in Cuba. The president of the

Community of Madrid

,

Isabel Díaz Ayuso

, showed her support for the Cubans and accused

Pedro Sánchez

of following the Latin American script of "populism" to the millimeter. The deputy mayor of

Madrid

,

Begoña Villacís

, asked that "who is the Government of Spain with?", Through Twitter.

Meanwhile, on the account of the

PCE

, the party where the second vice president,

Yolanda Díaz is a member

, showed "active solidarity" and demanded "mobilization in defense of the Cuban Revolution in the streets and on the networks."

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