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 [...]
April roundup
On April 1, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., asked for a review of USAID programs in Cuba. The Cuban Triangle quoted Kerry as saying: We all hope the Cuban people achieve greater freedom and prosperity in the future consistent with their aspirations, and I have applauded the Administration’s commitment to expand people-to-people contact between our two [...]
March roundup
Cuban authorities sentenced American development worker Alan Gross to a 15-year sentence on March 11, triggering outrage in Washington. Philip J. Crowley, a spokesman for the State Department, said: We deplore this ruling. Alan Gross is a dedicated international development worker who has devoted his life to helping people in more than 50 countries. He [...]
{think} Cuba summit underway?
April 28 update: Employees at the hotel where the event was supposed to take place told me they knew nothing of it. Cuba’s ambassador to Panama called it a “clandestine event.” April 19 update: I haven’t seen any confirmation that the summit took place. Some of the material on the {think} Cuba website is password [...]
Senator calls for review of USAID democracy programs
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., said Friday that he opposes USAID’s plans “to spend another $20 million for ‘democracy promotion’ programs in Cuba” and called for a review of the programs. Mauricio Claver-Carone, editor of the Capitol Hill Cubans blog, criticized that move. The problem is that the Administration has already consulted [...]
U.S. activist: “Toppling dictators is something I really like”
A California social entrepreneur wants to unite some of the world’s most effective technology-driven activists at an invitation-only gathering aimed at jump-starting the process of change in Cuba. Stephanie Rudat is convening the elite international task force in Panama the week of April 11. Her three-day event is known as {think} Cuba and it’s backed [...]