Well, there is at the moment some kind of problem in Europe with the common position of Europe. I believe that Canada needs to see this position of Europe. I don't want Canadian companies to get out of Cuba. I would like them to stay there, but I would like to see a change in this policy, to speak out about the situation of the Cuban people at the moment, and about the political prisoners in Cuba.
At the moment Cuba is at a turning point. There is a very, very bad situation--economical, moral, political, and so on. At the moment there is a conversation between the United States and Europe. I propose that this should also include the Latin American governments who are looking for the same position about the violations in Cuba, to press for some kind of economic reform or political reform in Cuba.
The model that Cuba applies there is a failure. This economy doesn't work. Never. It is felt that 80% of the property of the guajiros in Cuba in agriculture is private property, but 85% of these lands belong to the government and 100% of the industry belongs to the government. This was my PhD investigation in Cuba. They don't allow me to present this document in Cuba to the government, and I know the economy very well. I am an economist. I was a Cuban professor of economy for 24 years. I was investigating everything in this economy. This economy is a failure. It's not in Cuba. It's in the Soviet Union. It's in China. It is everywhere. Why did China change and make big economic and political reforms? They allowed private property because this doesn't work. This is the problem.
At the moment, the situation, the misery, the poverty...and the Cuban government is in full violation of human rights in Cuba.