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10. Spain’s Role in the EU’s Development Cooperation Agreement with Cuba

Author : Joaquín Roy

Published in: EU Development Policies

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Coinciding with the “normalization” of the relationship with the United States, Cuba and the European Union signed an Agreement of Political Dialogue and Cooperation. The constructive role played by Spain in facilitating the relationship between Europe and Cuba has been notable. At the same time, the Spanish government has been leading the policy of questioning Cuba’s political system. A brief analysis is added in terms of prospects for the future in an expanded scenario covering events in Latin America and the United States.

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For comprehensive texts of the evolution of the Agreement, see documentation provided by the EU Parliament (2017).

For an early reference to this concept, see Roy (1996, pp. 147–166).

This relationship is reflected in the websites of the embassies of Spain in Havana and of Cuba in Madrid (Embajada de España, La Habana, http://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/lahabana/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx; and Embajada de Cuba, Madrid, http://www.cubadiplomatica.cu/espana/MisipercentC3percentB3n/Embajada.aspx).

For a review of the elaborate events, see Roy (2002).

For a review of the official documents of the relationship between the EU and Cuba, see Roy (2009b). For general details see EEAS (2017).

For a comprehensive analysis see Roy (2011).

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Title: Spain’s Role in the EU’s Development Cooperation Agreement with Cuba
Author: Joaquín Roy
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: EU Development Policies
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01306-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01307-3

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01307-3_10

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