State-run media organizations in Cuba have given extensive coverage to a U.S. government plan to boost expression among Cubans ages 12 to 24. The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced on June 13 that it plans to award two grants totaling $6 million as part of a program called, “Making Spaces: Places for [...]
First batch of Cuba Money Project videos are online
The Cuba Money Project’s Vimeo channel is now online. Posted so far are interviews with Martha Beatriz Roque, Elizardo Sanchez, Hector Palacios, Miriam Leiva, Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Arturo Lopez-Levy, Robert Kent, Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas and Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, also known as Antunez. Upcoming videos will include bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Claudia Cadelo and Laritza Diversent, as [...]
Interview with Martha Beatriz Roque
Martha Beatriz Roque, a dissident leader and former political prisoner, said money from abroad is vital to the democracy movement in Cuba. Money is needed for travel within the island and other operating expenses, she said. If four activists wanted to travel to Santa Clara in central Cuba, for instance, such a trip might cost [...]