[This information from USAID describes some of the US funds paid to cause
"regime change" in Cuba.]
The United States Agency for International Development USAID/Cuba Program
March 2003
GOAL: Promote Rapid, Peaceful Transition to Democracy in Cuba, Helping Develop
Civil Society
A. BUILDING SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA'S
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
- Freedom House: Transitions ($500,000
-completed)
- Center for a Free Cuba ($3,317,479)
- The Institute for Democracy in Cuba ($1,000,000- completed)
- Cuban Dissidence Task Group ($250,000 -completed)
- International Republican Institute ($2,174,462)
- Freedom House: Cuban Democracy Project ($1,325,000)
- Grupo de Apoyo a la Disidencia ($2,700,000)
- Accion Democratica Cubana ($400,000) ..
B. GIVING VOICE TO CUBA'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS
- Cuba Free Press ($280,000
-completed)
- Florida International University:
Journalism Training ($890,000)
- CubaNet ($833,000)
- Carta de Cuba ($293,000)
C. HELPING DEVELOP INDEPENDENT CUBAN NGOs
- Partners of the Americas ($172,000- completed) .
- Pan American Development Foundation ($553,500)
- ACDI-VOCA: Independent Agricultural
Cooperatives ($265,000- completed)
- University ofMiami: Developing
Civil Society ($320,000 -completed)
- Florida International
University: No0 Development ($291,749)
D. DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF CUBAN
WORKERS
- American Center for Int'l Labor
Solidarity ($168,575- completed)
- National Policy Association ($424,000-
completed)
E. PROVIDING DIRECT OUTREACH
TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE
- Cuba On-Line ($2,625,479)
- Sabre Foundation ($85,000 -completed)
F. PLANNING FOR TRANSITION
- Rutgers University: Planning for
Change ($99,000- completed)
- Int'l Foundation for Election
Systems ($136,000- completed)
- U .S. -Cuba Business Council ($852,000 -completed)
- University ofMiami: Cuba
Transition Planning ($1,545,000)
G. EVALUATING PROGRAM IMPACT
- Univ of Florida: Measuring Public
Opinion ($110,000 -completed)
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Program
Evaluation ($225,000- completed)
TOTAL: $26,335,244