Manuel "Manu" Pineda Marín (pronounced [ˈmanu piˈneða]; born 2 September 1965) is a Spanish communist politician from the United Left coalition who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[1] He is the long-time head of international relations for the Spanish Communist Party (PCE)[2]

Manu Pineda
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Manuel Pineda Marín

2 September 1965
Málaga, Spain
Political partyCommunist Party of Spain
United Left
Other political
affiliations
Workers' Commissions

On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ DELGADO, GEMA (12 May 2019). "Manu Pineda: "Allí donde esté, representaré a mis organizaciones: el PCE e Izquierda Unida"". mundoobrero.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop".
  4. ^ "Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez" (PDF).