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 opinion on U.S. government-financed programs in Cuba. Investigate: Use the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, to pursue documents that shed light on U.S. government [...]
FOIA requests: Same slow tune
Over the past year, I have filed more than 100 Freedom of Information Act requests to try to learn more about what becomes of millions of tax dollars that go toward democracy programs in Cuba. I filed most of the FOIA requests in October 2011. They went to the U.S. Agency for International Development and [...]
24 interviews posted on Vimeo
I have posted 24 videos on the Cuba Money Project’s Vimeo channel since early December. They feature interviews with people on both sides of the Florida Straits. They come from all political perspectives, from bloggers who support Cuba’s socialist government to dissidents who oppose it. Feel free to suggest people that you believe I ought to [...]
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 American National Foundation. According to a Dec. 19 story in the Miami Herald, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., had objected that USAID gave money to the [...]