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Czech diplomat booted from Cuba

Apparently the Bearded Stooge and his goons had it with the Czech solidarity to Human Rights movements in the island, their continued support for the release of political prisoners, their support of Las Damas de Blanco and of course, who can forget Helena's picture incident where the top model was jailed for taking pictures of Cuba's slums. Therefore, they decided that the best solutionit was to kick out the Czech diplomat...

Cuba deports Czech diplomat, Prague protests-ministry
Prague- The Czech Foreign Ministry announced today that Cuba had deported a Czech diplomat. Cuban authorities did not extend the diplomat's visa that will expire this Friday, and declined to give reasons for their move, the Foreign Ministry told CTK.

According to the ministry, the first secretary of the Czech embassy in Havana is to leave Cuba within 72 hours.

Czech diplomats perceive the denial of a visa as an act of deportation, they are protesting against it and have immediately summoned Cuban charge d'affaires in Prague Aymee Hernandez for an explanation.

"Cuba is undoubtedly reacting to the Czech foreign policy which constantly criticises human rights abuses in Cuba and supports the Cuban opposition," the Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry views this unusual conduct as an "evident effort at escalating the tension in relations between the Czech Republic and Cuba."

The Czech diplomacy has made it clear that it intends to deport one of the Cuban diplomats working in Prague as a reciprocal step.

"The Czech Republic will take a reciprocal measure," the ministry said.

The case of the Czech diplomat is another in a series of rifts in relations between Prague and Havana. In February, Hernandez gave the Czech foreign minister a note of protest in which she complained about the tender the Foreign Ministry put up in support of projects of non-governmental organisations for this year.

According to the Cuban embassy, the grants also included support to the opponents of the Cuban regime.

2 comments to Czech diplomat booted from Cuba

  • I think the Czech government ought to expel *three* of the so-called Cuban diplomats, rather than just one.
    The totalitarian regime ought to be isolated each and every time there's a chance to do so.
    And does anybody know what happened to the promised exposition of the photographs taken in the Havana slums by the Czech model arrested by the Cuban commissars?
    JulioZ

  • Alberto-Q

    What a contrast in the way the Czechs deal with kaSStro, always taking the moral high ground, showing him up for what he is, compared to other governments, in both hemispheres, all too ready to appease and bend over for the slimy, green slug. Then again, some of those governments sold out the Czechs at one time. Old bad habits die hard. A estos checos hay que hacerles un monumento en una Habana libre.