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    ‘Cuban Twitter’ Dominates USAID Hearing (Video)

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    ‘Cuban Twitter’ Dominates USAID Hearing (Video) By Niels Lesniewski Posted at 1:52 p.m. on April 8, 2014 (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo) The senior senator charged with overseeing the U.S. Agency… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    ‘Cuban Twitter’ _overtly political, poking Castros

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    Apr. 8, 2014 5:13 PM ET ‘Cuban Twitter’ _overtly political, poking Castros By JACK GILLUM, DESMOND BUTLER and PETER ORSI, Associated Press Senate subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Chairman… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Cuba Social Media Project Was No Plot, Agency Says

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    Cuba Social Media Project Was No Plot, Agency Says By RON NIXON APRIL 8, 2014 WASHINGTON — A Twitter-like social media site created and financed by the United States Agency for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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

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    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

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    ‘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

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    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

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    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

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    ‘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

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    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”

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    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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