Spain summons Cuban envoy over refusal to accredit reporters

LISBON, Portugal — Spain’s overseas curate summoned Cuba’s apical diplomat successful Madrid connected Sunday to explicate wherefore Havana has revoked the property credentials of 5 journalists connected the land moving for Spanish authorities quality bureau Efe.

The Spanish embassy successful Havana is besides moving with Cuban authorities successful an effort to guarantee the instrumentality of the Efe team’s credentials, which they request successful bid to enactment successful Cuba, Spanish diplomatic sources told The Associated Press.

Efe said Cuban officials offered nary mentation astir wherefore — oregon until erstwhile — they were revoking the credentials of 3 reporters, a lensman and a cameraman.

The measurement precocious Saturday came 2 days earlier a planned absorption protestation march scheduled for Monday successful Cuba. The Cuban authorities has outlawed the objection but organizers person urged radical to instrumentality to the streets anyway.

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares summoned Cuba’s complaint d’affaires for a meeting, a Spanish diplomatic root said. Cuba presently has nary ambassador successful Madrid.

The source, who spoke connected information of anonymity successful accordance with overseas ministry rules, did not elaborate connected what was said astatine the meeting.

The Federation of Spanish Journalists’ Associations said Cuba’s measurement was “a wide usurpation of planetary norms connected state of the press” and urged the Cuban authorities to reconsider.