Havana - Fidel Castro Friday added his voice of condemnation of the European Union for the "discredited way" in which it lifted sanctions against Cuba, saying he "despised" the "huge hypocrisy" of the move. "At my age and my state of health, one does not know how long life will last, but I want to express my condemnation for the huge hypocrisy this decision implies", Castro, 81, wrote in a new article published on the Cuban official website "Cubadebate."
The European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to lift sanctions on Cuba in spite of deep divisions within the 27- member bloc about the regime's human rights credentials.
But although they didnt put any condition to restart dialogue with the island, they agreed to review the decision in a year.
They also asked the Havana regime to "improve the human rights situation", which for the EU would mean the "unconditional liberation of all political prisoners, including those who were arrested in 2003" and which led to the sanctions now lifted.
In addition to making Castro angry, the move brought condemnation and cries of hypocrisyfrom his very own critics.
Vladimiro Roca, one of Cuba's best-known dissidents and leader of the illegal Social Democratic Party, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
