- Periódico CUBANO
EU gives Castroism funds for the opposition. The euros destined by the EU do not go to civil society.
The funds allocated by the European Union (EU) for aid to Cuban civil society, and which come from the payment of taxes by European citizens, are being given directly to the Castro regime, according to an investigation by the NGO Prisoners Defenders.
The document directly accuses the EU ambassador to Cuba, Alberto Navarro, and his team of using money from annual seminars entitled "EU-Cuba Civil Society Seminar" to give to the government, rather than to Cuban NGOs.
Navarro, along with 37 MEPs, mostly from the center-left, give European taxpayers' money to the regime, circumventing the budget lines under which the money is transferred from EU accounts. According to Prisoners Defenders, this ruse could result in a formal indictment for the alleged criminal offense of fraud by embezzlement of public funds.
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