Cuba accuses Polish Senator of endorsing counter-revolutionary disruptions

The official journal of the Cuban communist party Granma has accused Poland of endorsing "counterrevolutionary disruption" in Cuba. The strong condemnation comes after a visit by Senator Zbigniew Romaszewski, chair of the Senate Human Rights Commission, and his wife to Cuba. According to Granma, Romaszewski and his fellow "Polish saboteurs", are alleged to have met "subversive elements" who are haunted by the "illusion that Cuba was about to fall to the wishes of the American imperialists". The senator had carried with him placards depicting the wind of change that had swept through Eastern Europe. Much to the irritation of the Cuban authorities, he met with some senior Catholic clergy and academics. Poland and Czech Republic were also the authors of the UN Human Rights Report which condemned Cuba for breach of human rights. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 10) S.M.