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Tag Archives: Cuba
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
‘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
‘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
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
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
‘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
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
‘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
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
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
