Category Archives: Cuba

    Alan Gross Case Gets New Push From Hunger Strike

    Alan Gross Case Gets New Push From Hunger Strike Jailed Jewish Contractor Feels Forgotten in Cuba   By Ron Kampeas Published April 17, 2014. Related What Did Alan Gross Do in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Senate committee probes ‘Cuban Twitter’ USAid ZunZuneo programme

    Senate committee probes ‘Cuban Twitter’ USAid ZunZuneo programme • Foreign relations committee asks for all records • Users in Cuba did not know origin of social-media network Associated Press in Washington… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Cuba Probes Mobile Data Leak in ZunZuneo Case

    Cuba Probes Mobile Data Leak in ZunZuneo Case HAVANA April 9, 2014 (AP) By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press Cuba’s government said Wednesday it has launched a probe into how hundreds of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Senators: Bethesda’s Alan Gross Endangered by Social Media Program in Cuba

    Senators: Bethesda’s Alan Gross Endangered by Social Media Program in Cuba A U.S. government plan to create a Twitter-like platform in Cuba may have endangered the life of a Bethesda resident… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The Cuban Twitter: Doomed from the Start

    The Cuban Twitter: Doomed from the Start posted by Matthew Wallin on April 4, 2014 at 2:12 pm With news breaking this week about USAID’s creation of a “Cuban Twitter,” it’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Eight Facts About ZunZuneo

    Eight Facts About ZunZuneo Posted by Matt Herrick, Spokesperson on Monday, April 7th 2014 On Thursday, April 3, the Associated Press published an article on a social media program in Cuba funded by the U.S. Agency… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    ‘Cuban Twitter’ Dominates USAID Hearing (Video)

    ‘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

    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

    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

    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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