USAID invests more than $ 2.3 million in online propaganda against Cuba http://centrodealerta.org/noticias/usaid_invierte_mas_de_23_mi.html

Records also recently declassified under the Law on Access to Information Act (FOIA, by its initials in English), show that the USAID has invested more than $ 2.3 million to spread dirty propaganda against Cuba and finance journalists in the island since 1999 . The documents, including original contracts between USAID and the organization CubaNet, show a pattern of increased funding and intensified each year in its effort to promote distorted information about Cuba - all with the intention of provoking a "transition to democracy" , or "regime change" in Cuba. 

For fifty years, Washington has been running a dirty war against Cuba. A component that aggression has been the use of media to manipulate and distort the reality of Cuba to the international public opinion, and at the same time, infiltrate and disseminating false information in Cuba. After the failures of Radio and TV Marti, which still exist and receive financial contributions from Washington, despite their futility, a new field of aggression against Cuba was established through the Internet.

In 1994, CubaNet established himself as one of the first web pages made to disseminate propaganda against the Cuban Revolution on the Internet. Based in Miami, CubaNet uses money from USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) - which also receives multimillion-dollar contributions to finance "journalists" in Cuba, and promote international media campaign against the Cuban government. Although it's no secret that CubaNet is funded and guidelines of Washington agencies, the documents declassified by the USAID also recently demonstrated the close relationship of control that the U.S. agency maintained on propaganda organization. 

When he made the contract between USAID and CubaNet in 1999, the high initial money would bring Washington to the efforts of propaganda via the Internet was $ 98,000. The money was intended to "support a program for the expansion of a website for independent journalists in Cuba." The contract was for one year, with the possibility of extension to the time needed to run the program. The manager of the USAID program was David Mutchler, USAID Senior Advisor for Cuba. The contract required a progress report on the implementation of the program every three months, submitted to USAID, and an annual report detailing all the work done during the previous period. 

USAID IS BOSS In clause 1.6 of the contract between USAID and CubaNet, entitled "Understandings Substantial Participation," control is evidenced by the U.S. maintained on the organization miamera. "It is understood and agreed that the USAID will maintain a substantial stake in the execution of this Cooperation Agreement as follows: Key Personnel: Principal Advisor of the USAID Cuba approve in advance the selection of any key personnel and their alternates. Plans for Monitoring and Evaluation: USAID Senior Advisor for Cuba approve plans to evaluate and monitor the progress of the program objectives during the course of the Cooperation Agreement. " 

Basically, the USAID official who decides who will work in the draft CubaNet, what their plan of work, and how to evaluate their progress, in other words, is the head of CubaNet. Violating the laws of the United States The documents that modify the original contract, which are 11 documents of the years 2000-2007, shows the increase in annual funding of the project CubaNet and reveal other information about the nature of the program. In a document dated April 19, 2005, authorized the sending of "private funds" to Cuba that were not from the USAID or other U.S. agency, to "advance the objectives of the Agreement.

" Due to the restrictions maintained by the Treasury Department in Washington on sending U.S. dollars to Cuba, according to the document from USAID, the "private funds" would hide in the authorization and had the U.S. Agency for funding the program CubaNet . The same document also reveals that CubaNet not only does its work in Cuba, but also "continues to publish reports ... and promoting their spread in the mass media in the United States and the international press.

" It is against U.S. law to disseminate propaganda funded by the U.S. government and used as "information" in the media. However, the declassified document shows that the USAID is in full violation of that law. MORE AND MORE DOLLARS  The documents also show that annually, USAID CubaNet increased its funding to continue its efforts to spread propaganda against Cuba. Here are the figures:  Year 1999: $ $ 98,000 2000: $ $ 245,000 Year 2001: $ $ 260,000 Year 2002: $ $ 230,000 Year 2003: $ $ 500,000 Year 2005: $ $ 330,000 Year 2006: $ $ 300,000  2007: $ 360,000 U.S. dollars Total = $ 2,323 million

The campaign of aggression against Cuba is more intense today than ever, and this year 2010, USAID manages a budget of over $ 20 million dollars to fund groups within and outside Cuba that promote the agenda of Washington. CubaNet remains one of the main actors in the dirty war against Cuba. Some of the declassified documents are available here: http://centrodealerta.org/documentos_desclasificados/usaid_contract-_cubanet_199.pdf    http://centrodealerta.org/documentos_desclasificados/usaid-cubanet_modification_.pdf