Category Archives: Cuba

Failed Cuban “Twitter” Project Designed By U.S. Government Contractors

Failed Cuban “Twitter” Project Designed By U.S. Government Contractors by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch Blog April 8th, 2014 Cuban woman listens to digistal device. Photo by <rs>> snaps. Used under Creative Commons license. ZunZuneo… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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‘Cuban Twitter’ and Other Times USAID Pretended To Be an Intelligence Agency

‘Cuban Twitter’ and Other Times USAID Pretended To Be an Intelligence Agency BY Catherine A. Traywick APRIL 3, 2014 – 06:16 PM Foreign governments have long accused the U.S. Agency for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Alan Gross, U.S. contractor held in Cuba, goes on hunger strike

Alan Gross, U.S. contractor held in Cuba, goes on hunger strike James L. Berenthal/AP – In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo provided by James L. Berenthal, jailed American Alan Gross… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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On USAID, Cuba and ZunZuneo

On USAID, Cuba and ZunZuneo By Francis Torres April 7, 2014 8:30 am In my first column for BPR, I wrote about the legacy of Chilean socialist Salvador Allende and the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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‘Cuban Twitter’ Heads To Hearings In Congress

‘Cuban Twitter’ Heads To Hearings In Congress | by  ALBERTO ARCE and DESMOND BUTLER and JACK GILLUM Posted: 04/04/2014 8:04 am EDT Updated: 04/04/2014 11:59 am EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The head… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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ASSESSMENT: The ZunZuneo “Hummingbird” Social Network and The Cuban Spring

Krypt3ia (Greek: κρυπτεία / krupteía, from κρυπτός / kruptós, “hidden, secret things”) ASSESSMENT: The ZunZuneo “Hummingbird” Social Network and The Cuban Spring   Cuban Intranet and Internet Access: Cuban internet access is… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Dangerous Absurdity of the Secret “Cuban Twitter”

April 4, 2014 The Dangerous Absurdity of the Secret “Cuban Twitter” Posted by Jon Lee Anderson An eye-catching A.P. story, published Thursday, revealed that, in 2010, the United States Agency for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The secret is out: U.S. built “Cuban Twitter” to stir up political unrest

Thursday, Apr 3, 2014 12:00 PM EST The secret is out: U.S. built “Cuban Twitter” to stir up political unrest For two years USAID operated a Twitter-like mass communication system that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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US secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest

US secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest By DESMOND BUTLER, JACK GILLUM and ALBERTO ARCE — Apr. 3, 2014 2:41 AM EDT In this March 11, 2014 photo, a woman… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Obama Shouldn’t Forget Our Man in Havana

Obama Shouldn’t Forget Our Man in Havana 6 Mar 19, 2014 4:39 PM ET By Jeffrey Goldberg When U.S. President Barack Obama looks abroad, he sees only the possibility of frustration… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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