The opposition in Argentina severely condemned the crackdown on the dictatorship in Cuba and criticized Alberto Fernández’s position

The violent repression of the Castro regime against massive demonstrations that took place this Sunday on the island -which ended with dozens of detainees and missing– generated a wave of repudiation among the main political leaders of Argentina and the region. Unlike Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, who avoided condemning the human rights violation on the island and said he “didn’t know” what was going on there, the majority of the opposition expressed their critical eye. on events. The exception was Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, who remained silent.

The handling of the pandemic, the worst economic crisis in decades, the shortage of basic supplies and the lack of freedom are some of the reasons that have prompted Cubans to take to the streets against the Communist government.

While the presidents of Brazil, Uruguay and Chile condemned the repression and human rights violations, Casa Rosada has chosen to appeal once again to the principle of “non-intervention” in the internal affairs of other countries. A tactic he had already used to let go of institutional outrages in Nicaragua and Venezuela.

“There is no justification for promoting measures that attempt to silence citizens,” Chilean President said Sebastien Piñera. “Cuba is a dictatorship which clearly does not respect human rights,” Uruguayan said Luis Lacalle Pou. “They went to ask for freedom and received rubber bullets, beatings and prison terms,” ​​he added. Jair Bolsonaro.

Instead, Alberto Fernández avoided condemning the violent actions of the government led by Miguel Díaz Canel and argued that these are issues that must be resolved internally: “I do not know exactly the extent of the problem in Cuba. It is not Argentina or any country in the world that has to say what Cuba must do ”. At the same time, He also called for the blockade on the island to be lifted.

At the local level, the presidents of the three main opposition parties have taken a stand against human rights violations. The only exception was the head of government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, who – involved in closing lists and alliances for the elections – avoided taking a position on what happened on the island.

Among the opposition leaders, the former president Mauricio Macri adhered to a letter signed by 17 former presidents who make up the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA) in which the repression and lack of freedom on the island were condemned.

The declaration “expresses its solidarity with the Cuban people and accompanies them in their inflexible struggle for the conquest of freedoms. The international and inter-American community is asking for their help so that the nation of this sister republic can benefit from humanitarian aid and vaccines recognized for its care in the face of the universal pandemic. Warn that no government can wave the flag of sovereign and internal affairs in situations which generally and systematically compromise the validity of human rights and its effective protection ”.

For its part, Maria Eugenie Vidal said Infobae that we cannot “ignore” what is happening in Cuba and remarked that “less in a country like ours which has learned with pain the importance of freedom and respect for human rights”.

“Enough double talk!, concluded the brand new candidate for the national deputation of the city of Buenos Aires.

In the same vein, the president of the UCR, Alfredo CornejoHe stressed that the popular mobilization in Cuba “is the reflection of a society exhausted by the lack of freedoms”. “Listening to citizens is a fundamental value that makes life democratic. I admire the courage of the Cuban people“He added.

“The president is not aware of the situation in Cuba as well as in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Argentina must stop being complicit in dictatorships“, Public Maximiliano Ferraro, of the Civic Coalition.

“The Cuban people are on the streets to demand freedom and a life of dignity. Real rebels, who want to stop being prisoners of a dictatorship. Democracy and the division of powers are the only thing that will guarantee their rights. They have my support. Don’t give up! “He said Patricia bullrich, holder of PRO.

“’I do not know the dimension of what is happening in Cuba’, ‘The human rights problem in Venezuela was disappearing. Both sentences are from Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina, a country that has condemned human rights violations until not so long ago. Painful“, He said Mario Negri.

“You cannot say that Cuba is a democracy,” he said. Martin Lousteau and explained that the regime “has a delusional economic system where freedoms are increasingly restricted” to citizens.

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