Cuba’s Efforts to Capture the Funds
Cuba declared that government will start buying dollars and other changeable currencies on Thursday at a price that is approximately 5 times the going rate in an attempt to beat Continue Reading
Despite The Flames Being Put Out, Cuba’s Massive Fire Raises Concerns Of Unrest
A succession of enormous blaze blasts that could be witnessed from Havana 75 miles away, a bolt of lightning, and a lasting sulfuric odour. Lightning hit late on Friday, starting Continue Reading
December Roundup
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, rejected complaints in December that politics influenced its decision to award $3.4 million to a human rights group linked to the Cuban Continue Reading
Cuba Money Project Goals After First Year
The Cuba Money Project’s five goals for 2011 were to: Publish: Post stories and interviews that give dissidents, bloggers, Cuban government supporters, exiles and others the opportunity to voice their Continue Reading
Raul Castro’s Former Chief Of Staff Received $94,600
The Office of Cuba Broadcasting paid Raul Castro’s former chief of staff $94,600 from April 2004 to June 2008 for “professional services,” federal budget records show. Alcibíades Hidalgo Basulto, the Continue Reading
January Roundup
Supporters and foes of USAID’s Cuba programs continued in January debating the efficiency of the agency’s democracy-promotion efforts. On Jan. 16, CaféFuerte published a sentencing document that has new details Continue Reading
Senator Calls For Review Of USAID Democracy Programs
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., said Friday that he opposes USAID’s plans “to spend another $20 million for ‘democracy promotion’ programs in Cuba” and called for a Continue Reading