The U.S. government spends millions of dollars every year to boost Cuba's beleaguered pro-democracy movement. Is the money having any impact?
In the 1960s, the CIA plotted to kill Fidel Castro using exploding cigars and a TV camera with a machine gun inside.
Cuba: Texting the News
Published October 4, 2011
Journalist Tracey Eaton was on the Miami news radio show Actualidad 1020 AM to discuss a U.S.-financed text-messaging campaign for Cuba. Cuban officials call it spam, but Eaton said Cubans would have to subscribe to receive the text messages and that these texts could be useful in a country where obtaining news and information is often a challenge. One question raised by Eaton: Should U.S. taxpayers be paying for the text-messaging campaign?
Eaton wrote a summary of the interview on his blog, "Along the Malecon"
Pulitzer Center grantee Tracey Eaton highlights recent interviews with Cuba experts, including an economist and a former security agent, and the posting of the 100th video to his Cuba Money Project.
Laura Pollán, an outspoken Cuban opposition leader, died Oct. 14. Pulitzer Center grantee Tracey Eaton was among the last to interview the activist.
Grantee
Tracey Eaton is a freelance writer and photographer based in Florida. He was the Havana bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News from 2000 to early 2005. He is one of only a few Americans...
