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Cuba: Dissidents & Independence

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 @ 14:15 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Cuba
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Diaspora, Finance, History, Human Rights, Media, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: English

Child of the Revolution blogs about claims by Cuba's Ministry for Foreign Affairs that “the top US diplomat in Havana…is handing over money from Cuban exiles to some dissidents on the island”, while El Cafe Cubano adds: “Today is May 2oth, Cuba's date of Independence. Who would know from all the media accounts which have the dictatorship accusing Parmly funneling money to dissidents.”

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