Manu Pineda
Manuel "Manu" Pineda Marín is a Spanish communist politician from the United Left coalition who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. He is the long-time head of international relations for the Spanish Communist Party.
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.
Pineda is a member of Samidoun and Unadikum, an organization that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israel banned him from entering the country in 2022. In June 2023 in Beirut, Sheikh Yusuf Abbas presented Pineda with the Ambassador of Return award from The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine.