USAID

A U.S. agency's secret infiltration of Cuba's underground hip-hop scene to spark a youth movement against the government was "reckless" and "stupid," Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday…
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Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, and Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, believe that the Cuban government will free Alan Gross. Still, they will fly back Wednesday…
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Washington should recognize that the most it can hope to accomplish is to positively influence Cuba’s evolution toward a more open society. That is more likely to come about through…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - It took Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo just three words to dismiss the New York Times editorial on Alan Gross. It urged President Obama to swap three convicted Cuban spies…
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USAID is shutting down operations in Ecuador after 53 years of activity in that country. President Rafael Correa said that his country would be "nobody's colony" and stated that Ecuador…
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The idea of “democracy promotion” is noble, but Washington’s efforts in Cuba – emphasizing clandestine and covert operations to drive regime change – have wasted a couple hundred…
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This week, two staunch defenders of the U.S. embargo against Cuba came out against isolationism and in favor of expanding global trade.
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Barack Omaba and Alan Gross
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Statement by the Cuban Youth in reaction to the revelation of the new U.S. plan of subversion by USAID against Cuba. Also a comment by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy regards the AP report…
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Progreso Weekly has translated the official statement issued Tuesday (Aug. 5) by Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, head of the Cuban Foreign Ministry's U.S. Section, regarding the latest USAID…
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