October 20, 2010. Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister who in July helped negotiate the prisoner release in Cuba, was replaced by Trinidad Jiménez, the health minister, in a major Cabinet shakeup Wednesday. Moratinos had held the post since 2004, when the Socialist Party came to power. He was a firm opponent of the European
Union's "common position" toward Cuba.">October 20, 2010. Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister who in July helped negotiate the prisoner release in Cuba, was replaced by Trinidad Jiménez, the health minister, in a major Cabinet shakeup Wednesday. Moratinos had held the post since 2004, when the Socialist Party came to power. He was a firm opponent of the European
Union's "common position" toward Cuba.">

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Moratinos replaced in Cabinet shuffle; took part in the talks that led to prisoner release

October 20, 2010. Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister who in July helped negotiate the prisoner release in Cuba, was replaced by Trinidad Jiménez, the health minister, in a major Cabinet shakeup Wednesday.

Moratinos had held the post since 2004, when the Socialist Party came to power. He was a firm opponent of the European Union's "common position" toward Cuba.

Announcing the changes, which involved several functionaries and offices, Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero said his new team's task was to repair the economy and lower the unemployment rate, now above 20 percent.

Support for the Socialist Party dropped to 29.4 percent in October, according to a poll published in the Spanish newspaper Público. Zapatero's government faces a general election in 2012.

By Renato Perez at 04:39 PM

Source: //miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/

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