June 27, 2012 12:36PM 

# Cuba Supports Democracy… In Other Countries 

By [Juan Carlos Hidalgo](https://www.cato.org/people/juan-carlos-hidalgo) 

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Cuba withdrew its ambassador in Paraguay after the constitutional impeachment of that country’s president. In a [press release](http://www.infolatam.com/2012/06/26/cuba-retira-a-su-embajador-en-paraguay/) yesterday \[in Spanish\], the Castro regime, in power since 1959, stated that it “will not recognize any authority that does not emanate from legitimate suffrage.”

Should other countries apply the same rule to Cuba and start withdrawing their ambassadors in Havana?

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