15 September 2018 — Ken’s Cuba List
The members of the group Los Terry talk about two things:
1. The musical instrument the chekere
2. The training that master musicians in Cuba receive which is unique in the world
Category: Cuba
US Government Admits It’s Making Fake Social Media Accounts to Spread Propaganda in Cuba By: Ben Norton
27 August 2018 — TRNN
- The US government’s Office of Cuba Broadcasting runs the propaganda program “Levántate Cuba” in Miami
The United States has repeatedly accused the Russian and Iranian governments of using social media to spread “disinformation” and foment chaos. Under US government pressure, Big Tech corporations have banned large numbers of accounts accused (in some cases falsely) of being Russian and Iranian “troll” accounts.
At the same time, however, the US government is doing exactly what it is accusing its enemies of: the US Office of Cuba Broadcasting is secretly creating fake social media accounts to inspire dissent and to spread right-wing pro-US, pro-capitalist propaganda in Cuba.
Cuba’s New Draft Constitution: Institutionalizing Revolution and Reversing Personalization
25 July 2018 — TRNN
Cuba’s National Assembly passed a new draft constitution, to replace its existing Soviet-era constitution via national referendum in a few months. Many changes are in the works, including the recognition of private property and gay marriage. But will it mean real change? We discuss the constitution with Prof. Liz Dore and James Early (inc. transcript) Continue reading
NSA: Cuba and The U.S.: ‘Intimate Diplomacy’
21 April 2018 — National Security Archive
As Castro Era Ends, the National Security Archive posts Records on Back Channel Efforts toward Rapprochement by Pioneering Journalist Lisa Howard
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 624
Project Life: Cuba’s action plan prepares for climate change
13 April 2018 — Climate & Capitalism
As an island nation, Cuba is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Project Life (Tarea Vida), now being implemented across the country, aims to increase the country’s resilience and minimize future damage Continue reading
A “Harsh and Terrible … Solution”: Fidel Castro’s Armageddon Letter to Nikita Khrushchev
11 January 2018 — National Security Archive
Washington, D.C., January 11, 2018 – A new book by long-time colleagues of the National Security Archive, James G. Blight and janet M. Lang, offers a fresh exploration of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and plumbs its lessons on the continuing dangers of nuclear war.
Cuba: Documents Chart History of Secret Communications
16 December 2017 — National Security Archive
National Security Archive Publishes Major Collection of Records on History of U.S.-Cuba Dialogue
Documents Provide Historical Foundation for Obama-Castro Breakthrough
