Catholic journal criticizes dissidents who support embargo
Posted on Monday, 05.06.13
By Juan Carlos Chavez
jcchavez@elnuevoherald.com
In its latest edition, the magazine published by the Council of Laypersons of the Archdiocese of Havana criticized members of the opposition who advocate maintaining the economic sanctions against Cuba to accelerate democratic changes and guarantee individual freedom.
“Some people, both Cuban and foreigners, insist in asking important world centers of power to destabilize the Cuban government,” the publication Espacio Laical (Layperson Space) says in its editorial. “Cuba has a lot to change, but the protagonists of those changes cannot be the centers of power in certain strong and influential countries.”
The publication, headed by Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, asks the centers of power to act “as friends who accompany us and not as judges who condemn us.” It also demands the government to exercise “a political evolution capable of expanding the opening process” and avoid “rigidities.”
It is not the first time that Espacio Laical has generated controversy. A year ago, it said that neither dissidents nor exiles have “clear and universal” projects for the nation’s future. It added that some (activists and dissidents) are following “agendas dictated from abroad.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/06/3383763/catholic-journal-criticizes-dissidents.html
The editorial (in Spanish):
http://espaciolaical.org/contens/esp/sd_230.pdf