Elio Rodriguez, acting director of the European department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that those comments formulated to the correspondent in Geneva of O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper "constitute a new interference in Cuba's internal affairs."

He stated that Havana does not recognize that she has any moral or political authority to criticize the island on human rights matters.

"Let's urge the bloc to analyze the dangerous problems afflicting it, such as the crisis of the Euro, the anti-emigrant policy, violent repression against demonstrators, and the increasing social exclusion of the unemployed and low income sectors," Rodriguez stated in the text.