U.S. Interferes in Upcoming Spanish Elections

Published in ArgenPRESS
(Argentina) on 6 June 2011
by J.M. Álvarez (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Kate Wheeler. Edited by Jenette Axelrod.
On May 19, Bill Nelson, a senator from Florida, sent a note to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanding that the White House intervene in the Spanish government to stop the oil company Repsol from conducting surveys with Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. The details of the request indicate that there are commercial quantities of oil in Cuba.

The existence of the criminal blockade of Cuba (which clearly determines the island’s economic growth) is not mentioned in the brief letter. It has become popular to deny the damage that the blockade has caused. This belief has spread to the island, where even some disillusioned Cubans have forgotten the United States’ role and have begun to blame their government for all their current problems.

The senator’s sudden ecological concern, the idea that drilling in this zone could affect the environment, seems absurd for an area that has more oil platforms than mosquitoes during summer. Additionally, in his message to the White House, Nelson indicated that he expects that elections scheduled for March 2012 will produce a Spanish government less inclined to support investments in Cuba. If this is not interfering in the upcoming Spanish elections, then I'm not sure what is.

Will the Spanish government media, who accuse Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of interfering in the elections of Latin American countries, finally pay attention to the actions of the United States?


El senador por Florida, Bill Nelson, envió el pasado 19 de mayo una carta a la Secretaria de Estado, Hillary Clinton, donde exige que la Casa Blanca intervenga ante el Gobierno español, para que la petrolera Repsol paralice las prospecciones que ha acordado realizar con Cuba en el Golfo de México. El detalle de la exigencia indica que hay petróleo en cantidades industriales.

Pero no es ese, en realidad, el sentido de este breve escrito, ni siquiera la existencia de un bloqueo criminal que determina claramente el rumbo económico de Cuba, un bloqueo del que se ha puesto de moda negar su malsana influencia, hasta el punto de que algunos cubanos ilusos que viven en la isla se lo llegan a creer, y culpan a su Gobierno de todos los males habidos y por haber.
Además de la repentina preocupación ecológica del senador, en el sentido de que perforar puede afectar al medio ambiente en una zona donde hay más plataformas petroleras que mosquitos en verano, Nelson comenta en su misiva que espera que en marzo del año que viene, España tenga un Gobierno menos inclinado a poyar las inversiones en Cuba. Si eso no es interferir en los próximos comicios hispanos, que venga dios y lo vea.
¿Tendrán algo que manifestar al respecto, los medios oficialistas españoles que claman contra el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez, a quien acusan de interferir en las elecciones de los países latinoamericanos?
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