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The Discourse on Racism in Anti-Castro Publications, 2008-2010Here we track issues of race and identity among the anti-Castro groups based primarily out of Miami and dissidents in Cuba as well as responses from Cuba and abroad. The term dissident is used to denote those who seek to overthrow the Cuban government, as opposed to the emerging critical voices in Cuba today who work within the system. NED Funded NED (National Endowment for Democracy) is a controversial US program which grew out of CIA efforts to fund dissidents around the world, at least in places whose government they wanted to modify or overthrow. After many revelations concerning covert funding, Ronald Reagan and Congress implemented NED where funding is transparent and known to all, at least for the initial recipients. Congressional Black Caucus member Gregory Meeks sits on the NED Board. (He was no longer on when we checked in 2013.) * Afro-Cuban Alliance, Miami, NED funded, 2001-2008 (>$60,000/year), publishes Islas: "To promote discussion about the conditions of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Cuban issues. The Afro-Cuban Alliance will establish a quarterly journal, Islas, which will be distributed inside and outside the island. The journal will seek to inform Cubans of African descent on the island and in exile about civil rights, the hidden history of slavery and racial discrimination in Cuba, the experience of civil rights movements, and how to organize to bring about change." Juan A. Alvarado Ramos is Editor in Chief. * Asociación Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana, Madrid, Spain, NED funded, 2001-2008 (>$200,000/year), publishes web site Cuba Encuentro * Proyecto de Relaciones Raciales, Mississipi: Ramón
Colás,
Founder and Director of Independent Libraries for Cuba, NED funded,
2005-2007 (>$130,000/year).
Colas then came to the US and worked for the CANF, where he was let go for
embezzlement. He then worked on the Afro Cuban
Research Insititute, another USAID boondoggle that was shot down by
independent expert when they tried to present at Howard University. * Victoria Ruiz-Labrit, a federal contractor who has worked for Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen and also has the support of the Diaz-Balarts, a former slave owning family and now leaders of the exiled Plantocracy. Ruiz-Labrit is spokeswoman for the Citizens Committee for Racial Integration (CIR)
* Carlos Moore, Brazil Organizations Movimiento de Integración Racial Juan Gualberto Gómez (MIR) Partido Arco Progresista (PARP) Dissidents Leonardo Calvo Cárdenas, Deputy Chairperson, PARP Dimas Castellanos: Licenciado in Biblical Studies, former professor of Marxist Philosophy, member of the editorial board of Yoani Sanchez' DesdeCuba site, member of the board of the Instituto de Estudios Cubanos in Florida Manuel Cuesta Morúa, a descendant of Martín Morúa Delgado, an Afrocuban leader after whom was named the Ley Morúa, which outlawed the Independents of Color. Chairman, PARP, Member, CIR Laritza Diversent: attorney specializing in civil rights cases, profiling Juan Antonio Madrazo Luna, National Coordinator, Citizens Committee for Racial Integration Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez" José Vélez Hernández, Coordinator, Movimiento de Integración Racial Juan Gualberto Gómez (MIR) Orlando Zapata Tamayo: died from a hunger strike, February, 2010 Some of the above are listed in a Briefing that accompanied the Acting on Our Conscience letter signed by 60 African Americans. Nueva condena al racismo en la isla 12/29/2010 El Nuevo Herald: "Emitida el 22 de diciembre, la declaración es la primera acción conjunta de miembros de diferentes grupos antirracistas denunciando la opresión racial en Cuba, según Victoria Ruiz Labrit, una activista en Miami que apoya a los grupos en Cuba. Entre los firmantes están el activista Jorge Luis García Pérez ``Antúnez'' y José Idelfonso Vélez, Coordinador Nacional del Movimiento de Integración Racial Juan Gualberto Gómez." ACTING
ON OUR CONSCIENCE - A DECLARATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR THE
CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE IN CUBA 12/1/2009 Carlos Moore: A
letter organized by Carlos
Moore, signed by a number of prominent African Americans who for the
first time are allying themselves with the plantocracy in Miami. El 'apoliticismo' de los negros cubanos por Enrique Patterson 12/12/2008 Analitica: "La posición de Sarduy --que por extraña coincidencia aparece en Miami en el momento de la presentación del libro del Dr. Moore-- pareciera congruente con los rumores que, según fuentes del movimiento negro interno en Cuba, lo relacionan con la destrucción de Walterio Carbonell." This can be seen in the context of Pedro Pérez-Sarduy's own account in Convergencia y Elegia para Tomás y Walterio, 1/09, which was not written in response to Patterson's piece but covers the ground well. 'Premio Tolerancia Plus 2008' para la actriz Elvira 'Tita' Cervera 12/21/2008 Encuentro: "Reconoció, asimismo, el modo en que Elvira Cervera ha conducido el debate, "evitando la politización de la lucha por la igualdad racial, sin sucumbir a las tentaciones y el manejo estrechamente político de este tema". Tita Cervera nació en Sagua la Grande, el 4 de enero de 1923. Es doctora en Pedagogía, profesora de Arte Dramático y actriz de larga trayectoria en cine, radio y televisión. Actuó en las películas Tres veces dos (2004), Santa Camila de La Habana Vieja (2002), Miel para Oshún (2001), Raíces de mi corazón (2001), Un Paraíso bajo las estrellas (2000) Operación Fangio (1999), En tres y dos (1985) y Cumbite (1964)." Why Cuba's white leaders feel threatened by Obama 12/18/2008 Carlos Moore Barack Obama y la última barrera 11/6/2008 Miami Herald Enrique Patterson Spy vs. Spy - Cuban Dissidents March to Orders of U.S. 8/5/2008 Machetera
Response from Cuba and elsewhere to the US/Miami campaign on racism in Cuba Comisión de lucha Contra el Racismo y la Discriminación, de la UNEAC A Worldwide Battle of Life and Death. Part I, 12/25/09 Alberto Jones: "In the late 80’s Blacks were being blamed openly in Miami for keeping Fidel Castro in power because of their disproportionate presence in the Cuban Army and as his bodyguards. Armando Perez-Roura, director of Radio Mambi 710 AM and the late Agustin Tamargo, director of La Mesa Revuelta, openly requested a three days License upon the collapse of the Cuban Government to dole out retribution to Afro-Cubans for their past deeds." Cuba Briefing Sheet: roadmap for Diaspora support
of Miami-backed dissidents Claude Betancourt, 1/6/2010: "The
fourth and fifth sections, "Prominent Civil Rights leaders" and
"Designated US-based representatives of the two chief Cuban civil
rights movements," list a series of persons and organizations.
Overall, they show a number of disturbing signs of long standing links
with the Miami hard right, sponsor of so much terrorism against Cuba." Laying the groundwork for another 1912, 12/8/09, Alberto Jones comments on the Carlos Moore letter, "Acting on Our Conscience." We stand with Cuba! Declaration of African American activists, intellectuals and artists in continued solidarity with the Cuban revolution. 12/09 Petition Online A critical view of "Acting on Our Conscience," Melina Pappademos, 12/8/09 Message from Cuba to African American Intellectuals and Artists, 12/2/090 Mensaje desde Cuba a los Intelectuales y Artistas Afronorteamericanos, 2/12/09 Subject: Prominent black Americans condemn Cuba on racism 12/1/2009 James Early Norman Girvan reprints the 1990 "Open Letter to Carlos Moore from Pedro Perez Sarduy" and gets some beautiful comments. 3/09 This letter was an early indication that Carlos Moore had problems telling the truth. We published it on AfroCubaWeb. A Sincere and Painful Apology to the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus 5/20/2009 Black Agenda Report: "None of the Afro-Cubans who are attempting to earn world prominence by opposing the Cuban government have ever offered an aspirin to our group or others engaged in similar humanitarian endeavors, which makes their purported platform questionable at best… These are the real battles for justice, equality and the future of our nation, that all Cubans and Afro-Cubans especially should be waging, not siding with those who castrated our independence in 1898 or those who enabled this [1912] massacre and kept us segregated, impoverished, ignorant until 1959 and today, are shamefully relying on the dark skin of some, willing to sell their intellect and soul to the highest bidder, by attempting to intimidate, blackmail or create a negative political scene against members of the CBC [Congressional Black Caucus], who have courageously stood by their brothers in Cuba for the past 25 years. " -- Alberto Jones, also posted on Norman Girvan and on AfroCubaWeb's Alberto Jones Column Invoking MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics,
Claude Betancourt, 5/30/09: Cuban Exiles Invoke US Civil Rights Struggle: Some Quick Comments on Carlos Moore's PICHÓN by Walterio Lord Garnés and David González López 2/15/2009 Walter Lipmann: ""Walterio Lord Garnés and David González López are collaborators attached to the Centro de Estudios de África y Medio Oriente in Havana and to the University of Havana’s Cátedra “Amílcar Cabral” de Estudios Africanos. They have written dissertations at home and abroad and published works about African and Afro-Cuban cultures in Cuban and foreign publications."
Challenges of the racial question in Cuba, 10/2008, Dr. C. Esteban Morales Domínguez, Member of the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba El
tema racial y la subversión anticubana 9/8/2007 Jiribilla: by
Esteban Morales Dominguez - "Los
negros de Cuba luchan todos los días en los espacios abiertos, que ya son
muchos, sin dejarse engañar por aquellos, que lo primero que tendrían
que hacer sería superar la republiqueta racista, modelada a imagen y
semejanza de los años cincuenta en Cuba, que le han construido a los
negros cubanos de Miami, la extrema derecha cubano-americana. Dejando prácticamente
a la inmensa mayoría de los negros que allá viven, en el mismo lugar que
ocuparon en la Cuba neorrepublicana, solo que casi 50 años después. Y ni
siquiera hablar de que puedan los negros prosperar en cuanto al acceso al
poder. El poder allá, es sólo para los blancos ricos, como lo fue en
Cuba antes del triunfo de la revolución."
Gisela Arandia
The election of President Obama has lead to some interesting developments in the discourse on race in Cuba and Miami. L'élection de M. Obama ravive le débat racial à La Havane 1/2/2009 Le Monde: "Alors que les Etats-Unis ont élu un Noir à la présidence, quarante ans après l'assassinat de Martin Luther King, qu'a fait Cuba en cinquante ans de révolution ?" demande M. Cuesta Morua. "Les Noirs américains sont une minorité, alors qu'à Cuba nous sommes majoritaires", ajoute-t-il. Les Caraïbes et le Brésil ont une population largement marquée par l'esclavage africain. Lors du recensement de 2002, 11 % des Cubains se sont déclarés noirs. Selon l'université de Miami, ils seraient plutôt 62 %." Why Cuba's white leaders feel threatened by Obama 12/18/2008 Carlos Moore ‘Obama Effect’ Highlights Racism in Cuba 12/15/2008 New America Media: "Cuban authorities offered statistical analysis to bolster their view, which revealed the lengths to which Havana was prepared to deceive others even as it deceived itself. Of Cuba’s population of 11.2 million people in 2002, officials declared, 65 percent were white, 10 percent were black, and 25 percent were mulatto. This racial breakdown matched exactly the breakdown of members of Cuba’s parliament: 65 percent white and 35 percent people of color. The implication was as obvious as it was ridiculous: Cuba had achieved “perfect” racial representation between the people and their representatives. Europeans scoffed at such claims. In fact, most independent census reports of the Cuban nation puts the number of “whites” at anywhere from 20 to 35 percent; everyone else is black or mulatto." Why Castro regime fears Obama administration 12/1/2008 Miami Herald: "...reports from inside Cuba have reinforced my suspicion that, contrary to the sentiments of the streets, the Cuban regime is experiencing great discomfort with the turn of events in the United States. Anthropologist Maria Ileana Faguagua Iglesias reports a racist outburst toward Obama by a Communist Party official and former military officer: ''He will be the worst ever American president,'' said this apparatchik, ``because he is a Negro, and they are worse than the whites!'' What is eating away at Cuba's leaders? Very little makes sense without knowledge of Cuba's demographic metamorphosis from a white to a black majority in the space of half a century. The black population was 35-45 percent of the total Cuban population when Castro triumphed 50 years ago. Four years later, the panicky flight of some 15-20 percent of the island's white population, fearing the new regime's sweeping socialist reforms, left Castro at the head of a country with a de facto black majority. For the next five decades, the darkening shade of Cubans would increase steadily and create unanticipated problems for the social reformers who launched the Revolution." Barack Obama y la última barrera 11/6/2008 Miami Herald Enrique Patterson |
NED Funding of Dissidents - National Endowment for Democracy,
2005
www.ned.org/grants/05programs/grants-lac05.html
Afro-Cuban Alliance
$62,000*
To promote discussion about the conditions of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Cuban issues.
The Afro-Cuban Alliance will establish a quarterly journal, Islas, which will be
distributed inside and outside the island. The journal will seek to inform
Cubans of African descent on the island and in exile about civil rights, the
hidden history of slavery and racial discrimination in Cuba, the experience of
civil rights movements, and how to organize to bring about change.
Asociación Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana (Cuban Culture Encounter
Association)
$200,000*
To promote free debate and discussion about Cuban politics and the future of
Cuba. Endowment support will enable Encuentro to publish its journal Revista
Encuentro and continue to maintain its website and its web-based daily newspaper
Encuentro On-Line. Encuentro will publish four editions of its journal, which
will be distributed in Cuba and abroad.
[Encuentro published a remarkable blame
the victims account of the 1912 massacre]
Bibliotecas Independientes de Cuba (Independent Libraries of Cuba) (BIC)
$133,773*
To promote intellectual freedom and debate inside Cuba. BIC will continue to
provide material assistance to independent libraries in Cuba and promote
international awareness of the library movement. BIC staff will travel to Latin
America and Spain to meet with libraries, universities, think tanks, and other
organizations to enlist their support for individual libraries and the libraries
movement.
NED was founded in the early 80's to openly continue CIA's covert funding of
publications, books, organizations, etc. As CIA funded various entities, they
were invariably outed, causing numerous scandals, such as that involving the
National Student Association in the US in the 60's. So the model was shifted to
overt Congressional funding in order to legitimize the work, forgetting that
Congress is perceived even in the US as a corrupt body entitled to little
respect or credibility.
NED Funding of Dissidents - National Endowment for Democracy,
2008
www.ned.org/publications/annual-reports/2008-annual-report/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/2008-grants/cuba
Afro-Cuban Alliance, Inc. (ACA)
$82,080
To promote an open discussion among Afro-Cubans inside Cuba and in the exile
community about race in Cuba, the civil rights movement, and the condition of
African-descendent populations throughout the world. ACA will continue the
publication of its journal “Islas,” dedicated to Afro-Cuban issues, and will
work to inform Afro-Cubans about the workings of a democratic system and the
importance of community organizing.
Asociación Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana (Association for the Disccovery of Cuban Culture)
$225,000
To promote debate and discussion about Cuban politics and the future of Cuba.
Encuentro will continue to publish its quarterly journal and maintain its
website, which includes a daily online newspaper and a virtual Cuban community.
Center for a Free Cuba
$54,222 *
To provide humanitarian assistance to political prisoners and their families and
victims of repression in Cuba. The Center for a Free Cuba will provide
humanitarian assistance to the families of political prisoners and independent
activists.
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$157,526
To expand access to information about democracy and free markets to meet the
growing demand in Cuba. CIPE will publish and distribute the winning articles
from the essay contest of the previous project. CIPE will continue distributing
printed and CD copies of Perspectiva magazine, and will organize reading circles
and a second essay contest with expanded participation.
Committee for Free Trade Unionism (CFTU)
$150,000
To build international support for independent labor activists in Cuba and
advocate for policies that promote international labor standards in Cuba. CFTU
will implement a series of educational events for international labor activists
to break the silence on Cuba’s labor rights violations. CFTU will also promote
sectoral cooperation to support the interests of Cuban workers before the
International Labor Organization and other relevant bodies.
Cuban Democratic Directorate (Directorio)
$275,000
To promote access to objective information and news in communities around Cuba.
Directorio will continue to offer radio programming devoted to community
development and local news. The station will reach out to young people and women
as well as moderate elements of Cuban leadership through programs that promote
greater awareness of citizen participation and events at the local level.
CubaNet News Inc.
$42,000
To support independent journalism and promote freedom of expression in Cuba.
CubaNet will continue to compensate independent journalists in Cuba who provide
news and analysis of the situation in Cuba for publication on the CubaNet
website. CubaNet will also continue to work with its colleagues around the world
to provide additional support, training, and international solidarity to
independent journalists.
Disidente Universal de Puerto Rico (Universal Dissident of Puerto Rico) (Disidente)
$40,000
To promote a freer flow of information to Cuba and to offer solidarity and moral
support to democracy activists in Cuba. Disidente will publish and distribute El
Disidente, a monthly news digest containing articles and editorials from
activists living on the island, dissidents living in exile, and international
news organizations. Disidente will provide humanitarian assistance to Cubans who
submit articles or help in the distribution process.
Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba (International Group for Corporate Social Responsibility in Cuba) (GIRSCC)
$236,730
To encourage the use of corporate social responsibility among international
investors in Cuba as a tool to improve labor practices in Cuba. GIRSCC will
educate foreign investors about the labor conditions in Cuba. GIRSCC will also
provide direct support and education to labor leaders on the island and inform
the international community about labor and other human rights abuses in Cuba.
People in Need (PIN)
$129,451
To enhance the professionalism of Cuban independent journalists and to promote
the inclusion of independently produced reporting on the situation in Cuba in
the European media. PIN will continue and expand its long-distance internship
program between European mdia outlets and independent Cuban journalists to
provide training, support, and access to publishers outside Cuba.
People in Peril Association (PIPA)
$43,320
To enhance Cubans’ independent critical thinking skills and creativity through
the informal education system. PIPA will support groups of independent educators
as they use an interactive curriculum developed in collaboration with Slovak and
Cuban experts.
NED Funding of Dissidents - National Endowment for Democracy, 2009
Afro-Cuban Alliance, Inc. (ACA)
$122,350*
To promote an open discussion among Afro-Cubans inside Cuba and in the exile
community about race in Cuba, the civil rights movement, and the condition of
Afro-descendent populations throughout the world and to inform Afro-Cubans about
the workings of a democratic system and the importance of organization and civil
rights. ACA will continue the publication of its journal Islas, dedicated to
Afro-Cuban issues.
Asociación Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana (Encuentro)
$250,000*
To promote a culture of democracy and dialogue among important actors in Cuba
and in the diaspora. Encuentro will promote discussion on Cuban politics and
will work to diminish the isolation of independent Cuban activists and to
protect them against political repression. Encuentro will continue to publish
its journal and encourage participation of non-traditional actors in Cuba and
internationally in online discussions through its web-based daily newspaper.
Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de América Latina (CADAL)
$73,460*
To engage civil society, governments, and public officials in Latin America to
support pro-democracy actors and human rights advocates in Cuba. Beginning in
Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, CADAL will establish a network of civil
society organizations committed to aiding democratic actors in Cuba. CADAL’s
network will engage Latin American civil society and public officials about the
need to support and raise awareness of pro-democracy initiatives for Cuba.
Clovek V Tisni, o.p.s. (PIN)
$142,320*
To enhance the professionalism of Cuban independent journalists and increase the
free flow of information in Cuba and about Cuba. Building on previous work and
training activities with independent journalists in Cuba, PIN will continue its
long-distance internship program between 10 major Eastern European media outlets
and independent Cuban journalists. PIN will also develop professional
associations of independent journalists in Cuba.
Committee for Free Trade Unionism (CFTU)
$150,000*
To strengthen support for independent unions in Cuba among partners in Latin
America and Europe, to promote the release of imprisoned union leaders in Cuba
through a domestic and international support campaign, and to increase knowledge
about the activities of the Confederation of Cuban Workers, Cuba’s official
state-run union. CFTU will seek out new opportunities to support independent
unions in Cuba.
Cuban Democratic Directorate (Directorio)
$270,000*
To strengthen the organizational capacity of Cuba’s pro-democracy youth movement
and its ability to communicate with Cubans and the international community.
Directorio will establish links between the youth movement and traditional
pro-democracy activists, with the goal of creating a broad-based coalition for
democratic change in Cuba. Lastly, Directorio will continue to produce radio
programming aimed at breaking the information blockade that Cubans face.
CubaNet News Inc. (CubaNet)
$155,710*
To strengthen independent news and reporting about the situation in Cuba for
both Cuban and international audiences. CubaNet will generate independent media
content about the situation in Cuba, which it will publish electronically.
CubaNet will also provide Cuban independent journalists with humanitarian
assistance and technical support. Lastly, CubaNet will conduct an international
solidarity campaign to raise awareness about the situation of Cuba’s independent
journalists.
Disidente Universal de Puerto Rico (Disidente)
$65,000*
To increase free access to information in Cuba. Disidente will provide a source
of independent information. Disidente will publish its journal, Disidente
Universal, containing articles and editorials from activists in Cuba, exiled
dissidents, international news organizations, and activists living on the island
who are unable to publish their work in state-run media.
Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba
(GIRSCC)
$258,289*
To strengthen the organizational capacity and mobility of the independent labor
union movement and to support its activists through humanitarian assistance.
GIRSCC will promote international solidarity for workers and independent labor
leaders in Cuba. GIRSCC will continue an innovative initiative to reach out to
businesses that have investments in Cuba in order to promote the adoption of
corporate social responsibility in their work in Cuba.
People in Peril Association CVO (PIPA)
$48,770*
To support the emerging informal education sector and the spread of unbiased
information. Since 2005, PIPA has supported independent educators to create a
curriculum to enhance the critical thinking skills of Cuban youth and young
adults. To encourage independent thinking, creativity, and the use of new
pedagogical methods in the informal education system in Cuba, PIPA will continue
to support the use and improvement of this curriculum.
* Indicates Department of State funding beyond NED's annual appropriation
NED Funding of Dissidents - National Endowment for Democracy,
2010
www.ned.org/publications/annual-reports/2010-annual-report/latin-america-and-caribbean/cuba
Afro-Cuban Alliance, Inc.
$110,000
To continue the publication of the journal “Islas,” which seeks to inform Cubans
of African descent on the island and in exile about civil rights, the hidden
history of racial discrimination in Cuba, the experience of civil rights
movements, and tools to organize and bring about change. ACA will continue
providing humanitarian assistance to a committee of individuals in Cuba that
work to promote greater public discussion about the racial issues on the island.
Asociación Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana
$91,000
To promote a culture of democracy and uncensored dialogue among different actors
in Cuba and in the Diaspora on culture, history, art, national reconciliation;
encourage their participation in online discussions; and to diminish the
isolation of independent Cuban activists. Encuentro will publish its journal and
strengthen the virtual Cuban community.
Center for a Free Cuba
$55,000
To provide humanitarian assistance to political prisoners, their families, human
rights activists, youth activists, lawyers, teachers, artists and victims of
repression in Cuba. In addition to humanitarian assistance, the Center will
provide independent, democratic activists with important material support that
will permit them to carry out their work in a more effective manner.
Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de América Latina
$60,000
To engage civil society leaders, governments, and public officials in Latin
America to support pro-democracy activists in Cuba; and to promote and
consolidate a network of civil society organizations in Latin America that
supports Cuba’s pro-democracy movement. Through publications, public forums, and
advocacy initiatives, the Network will work to engage Latin American civil
society and public officials about the need to support and raise awareness of
pro-democracy initiatives for Cuba.
Clovek V Tisni, o.p.s. (People in Need) (PIN)
$103,875
To increase the free flow of information in Cuba and about Cuba; to improve the
capacity of independent Cuban journalists to interact with average Cubans; and
to contribute to the establishment of independent civil society and media in
Cuba. PIN will help independent journalists develop a stronger relationship with
their communities to promote the free flow of information in Cuba. PIN will also
train independent journalists on new techniques and the use of technologies.
Committee for Free Trade Unionism (CFTU)
$90,000
To promote inter-regional cooperation among labor unions in Latin America,
Europe and the U.S. CFTU will continue to develop an international campaign to
build support for independent unionists in Cuba. It will continue maintaining
its website and producing a quarterly newsletter aimed at raising interest in
labor and worker’s rights issues in Cuba. Lastly, the Committee will contribute
to efforts to forge a unified labor coalition between existing independent
unions in Cuba.
Cuban Democratic Directorate (Directorio)
$175,000
To provide training to Cuba’s emerging pro-democracy youth movement. Directorio
will help youth activists develop tools to more effectively communicate between
themselves and the international community, and will help to facilitate links
between the youth movement and traditional pro-democracy activists. Directorio
will continue to produce radio programming aimed at breaking the information
blockade faced by the citizens of Cuba.
CubaNet News Inc.
$239,434
To provide information, coaching, and technical and humanitarian assistance to
independent journalists in Cuba. To strengthen independent news and reporting
about the situation in Cuba for both Cuban and international audiences. CubaNet
will generate independent media content about the situation in Cuba and will
conduct an international solidarity campaign to raise support for and awareness
about the situation facing independent journalists in Cuba.
Disidente Universal de Puerto Rico
$50,000
To provide a source of independent information to Cuba. Disidente will publish
its monthly news digest, Disidente Universal, containing articles and editorials
from activists in Cuba, exiled dissidents and international news organizations.
Disidente will send copies of its publication to Cuba and other relevant policy
and research centers throughout Latin America, the United States and Europe.
Evangelical Christian Humanitarian Outreach for Cuba (ECHOcuba)
$60,064
To strengthen women community leaders in four provinces in central and eastern
Cuba. ECHOcuba will provide a select group of women leaders with training to
coordinate a national network committed to democratic reform and development in
their communities. At the end of the program, ECHOcuba will help network leaders
organize a meeting between all project participants.
Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en
Cuba (GIRSCC)
$200,000
To promote labor rights and defend Cuba’s independent labor movement. GIRSCC
will provide independent labor activists in Cuba with technical and financial
assistance in an effort to forge a more coordinated labor movement on the
island. GIRSCC will also draw on its international board of directors to conduct
a worldwide information dissemination campaign on the situation regarding labor
rights in Cuba.
Instituto Político para la Libertad Perú (IPL)
$49,967
To provide youth in Cuba with training on use of the internet and social
networking media. IPL will travel to Cuba to interact with youth contacts and
provide them with training on democratic rights, access to information tools and
international standards of freedom of expression.
International Republican Institute (IRI)
$800,000
To support Cuban civic participation by expanding opportunities for individuals
to organize and rally support for important local issues and strengthening civil
society capacity to respond to the top priorities of concern to Cuban citizens.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$325,000
To increase the capacity of Cuban independent civil society organizations
through skills-building and train-the-trainer workshops and knowledge sharing
trips to the island. NDI will also raise awareness about and support for Cuban
democratic activists and political prisoners using new technologies, and provide
organizational development assistance to a Europe-based nongovernmental
organization to increase its capacity to implement projects in support of Cuban
civil society.
People in Peril Association CVO (PIPA)
$40,000
To encourage critical thinking and the free exchange of ideas between youth in
Cuba; to enhance knowledge on the functioning of open and democratic societies
and free markets; and to strengthen the teaching skills of independent Cuban
educators. PIPA will hold training workshops for independent educators, help
establish youth debate clubs, and organize a presentation on democratic
transitions in Central and Eastern Europe.
The US, the Exiled Plantocracy and Race
AfroCubans: Race & Identity in Cuba
LOS NEGROS, LOS OLVIDADOS EN EL ''PARAISO SOCIALISTA'' CUBANO
www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-07-06-2040.htm
Red Against Black, Front Page Magazine, 8/07
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4CB4B434-C56D-4716-A30F-A8BD8EBFBF00
This is a neocon publication, run by newly conservative former Trotskyite
David Horowitz
The Discourse on Racism in Anti-Castro Publications, 2007
November 2006 GAO report on US Democracy Assistance for Cuba -- www.gao.gov/new.items/d07147.pdf
Cuban American business and terrorism, 2005
Dissidents and Race, 2001
Funding Dissidents: 2000 and
before
Diario de Cuba, a dissident site
ddcuba.com/etiquetas/racismo
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