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Thanks to the U.S. Government’s
anti-Castro obsession, and an obedient, self-censoring press, which focuses
intensely on the Cuban leader instead of inquiring into the
Unfortunately, the list of terrorist
actions are too numerous and longstanding to list on a brief fact sheet. NWC
recommends the unimpeachable chronology assembled by Jane Franklin “
One notorious case, possibly
the most horrifying for Americans to learn about in the wake of September
11, is the in-flight bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner with 73 people
aboard, in 1976. The plane carried 57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese and 5 North
Koreans. It exploded after takeoff from
http://perso.club-internet.fr/vdedaj/cuba/npa_no_innocents.html
Most Americans are also quite
unaware of more recent bombings, also financed and directed by expat Cubans,
organizing from Miami. These bombings have occurred in Cuban hotels, with
the aim of disrupting
http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/032499/new_cuban.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/world/stories/050903dnintuscuba.141f0.html
Although these are only two examples,
they are representative of hundreds more. This unceasing violent action
toward
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NWC FACT SHEET
U.S. Government operations against
Most of these expenditures are characterized in the most innocuous language; the language of “human rights”, “democracy”, “open markets” and finally, again pointing to an overwhelming obsession with Fidel Castro, the word “transition”, as though the system of government that Cubans themselves have supported for nearly half a century, must inevitably follow the model dictated by the United States.
These grants include money to
pay Cubans with scant or non-existent journalism training to file negative
reports about
According to the State Department
“…the total amount in
This press release from USAID in May 2002 (http://usinfo.state.gov/), provides a glimpse of the money spent openly. Obviously covert figures are not revealed. Topping the list of grantees are Frank Calzon’s Washington DC based “Freedom House”, and “Center for a Free Cuba,” both of which function as propaganda mills for anti-Cuban rhetoric, by producing white papers, opinion pieces, and acting as press contacts ready with an anti-Cuban quip for whatever Cuban topic arises.
GOAL: Promote Rapid, Peaceful Transition to Democracy
in
Helping Develop Civil Society
OBJECTIVE: Increase Flow of Information on Democracy, Human Rights and
Free Enterprise, To, From, and Within
NWC Fact Sheet
PROPAGANDA
OPS AGAINST
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USAID/Cuba Program - May 2002 (contd.)
A. BUILDING SOLIDARITY WITH
1. Freedom House: Transitions ($500,000 -- completed)
2. Center for a Free
3. The Institute for Democracy in
4. Cuban Dissidence Task Group ($250,000 -- completed)
5. International Republican Institute ($1,674,462)
6. Freedom House: Cuban Democracy Project ($825,000)
7. Grupo de Apoyo a la Disidencia ($1,200,000)
8. Accion Democratica Cubana ($400,000)
B. GIVING VOICE TO
1. Cuba Free Press ($280,000 -- completed)
2. Florida International University: Journalism Training ($622,000)
3. CubaNet ($833,000)
4. Carta de Cuba ($293,000)
C. HELPING DEVELOP INDEPENDENT CUBAN NGOs
1. Partners of the
2. Pan American Development Foundation ($553,500)
3. ACDI-VOCA: Independent Agricultural Cooperatives ($265,000 --completed)
4. University of Miami: Developing Civil Society ($320,000)
5. Florida International University: NGO Development ($291,749)
D. DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF CUBAN WORKERS
1. American Center for Int'l Labor Solidarity ($168,575 -- completed)
2. National Policy Association ($424,000)
E. PROVIDING DIRECT OUTREACH TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE
1.
2. Sabre Foundation ($85,000 -- completed)
F. PLANNING FOR TRANSITION
1. Rutgers University: Planning for Change ($99,000 -- completed)
2. Int'l Foundation for Election Systems ($136,000 -- completed)
3.
4. University of Miami:
G. EVALUATING PROGRAM IMPACT
1. Univ of Florida: Measuring Public Opinion ($110,000 -- completed)
2. PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Program Evaluation ($225,000 -- completed)
Further information on the scope of the funded activities may be found at USAID:
http://www.usaid.gov/regions/lac/cu
Updated: 09/25/2004