In a fit of spite that passes for diplomacy by the Castro dictatorship, the Cuban ambassador to Spain blasted as "scum" former Cuban political prisoners forced to take exile in Spain, because of their efforts to convince the European Union to maintain its "common position" on Cuba's human rights record.
Former prisoner Antonio Díaz pitied the fool, saying the insults reflect what the dictatorship in Havana thinks of all Cubans.
"The contempt and hatred expressed by his words reflects the intolerance and hatred felt by those who govern Cuba for the people," Díaz said.
Displaying a courage and confidence that certainly aided his survival of more than seven year in the Castro gulag, Díaz challenged the ambassador, a real scum named Alejandro González, to a public debate.
"We are not afraid," Díaz said.
This is another example of how the dictatorship's best-laid plans — that prisoner releases would buy Havana some goodwill and good press — haven't gone as planned.
Instead, many former prisoners are using their "freedom" — remember, they were forced into exile — to renew their activism against their former jailers, starting with lobbying in European capitals for the continent to maintain its tough stand on Cuban human rights.
Not only does "scum" inhabit the regime, so do fools.
You can read Díaz's response here, and hear it in his own voice here:
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