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Published Friday, May 10, 1996, in the Miami Herald.

¡Olé! to Spain

Fidel Castro was duly warned that the new Spanish government under Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar would not turn a blind eye to Cuba's human-rights abuses. Now the warning has been given form and substance by the 15-member European Union.

At Spain's urgings, the EU on Wednesday broke off negotiations toward a trade pact with Cuba. Reason: Castro had not met EU conditions to improve human-rights conditions as a condition of receiving trade preferences.

Bravo to Mr. Aznar's government, and to the EU. Now, if only the United States could manage similar spine against China's abysmal human-rights record . . .



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