U.S. official Brian Nichols accused Nicaragua of using migration as a “weapon” against the countries of the region
14ymedio, Havana, 1 May 2024 — The United States, in its talks with Cuba, continued to demand the release of political prisoners. This was one of the points addressed by both countries during the meeting last month, as confirmed on Tuesday by the U.S. Undersecretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Brian Nichols, during a visit to Miami, Florida. “We always insist on the importance of respecting human rights, especially those of the most vulnerable,” said Nichols, who recently used his social networks to describe as “infuriating” the sentences of up to 15 years in prison for “Cubans who demonstrated peacefully in Nuevitas in 2022. The continuous repression of the Cuban government against Cubans who strive to fulfill their basic rights and needs is inconceivable.”
Among those sentenced was Mayelín Rodríguez Prado, the then 21-year-old young woman who transmitted the protests through Facebook, charged with the crimes of “enemy propaganda of a continuous nature” and “sedition.”
Nichols explained that it is “a legal process of analysis within several Government Departments that finally reaches the Secretary of State for his “determination”
Nichols also said that he didn’t have any doubt about the unity of the leadership of the Cuban regime. “I think that