Response to Anti-Cuba CBC Interview Regarding ZunZuneo Scandal
by VCSC
The interview was regarding the newly uncovered scandal of ZunZuneo, the US government's secret project to create a Twitter-like service in Cuba with the aim of provoking dissent and overthrowing the Cuban government.
The unconcealed attempt by both interviewer and interviewee to redirect all of the blame against the Cuban government skillfully managed to miss all of the facts of the case.
Was Ms. Parker really the most informed and objective opinion CBC and “Q” could find on this subject? Why not interview any of the 3 authors who wrote the extensively researched Associated Press article which broke the ZunZuneo story in the first place? Why interview a paid foreign policy adviser to the US government instead?
Given the massive bias, it's obvious why the most fundamental question regarding the ZunZuneo scandal was never asked or answered. What moral, legal, or political right does the US government have to fund secret
programs with the specific aim of overthrowing another country's government?
It is also not surprising that the 53 year old US travel and trade blockade of Cuba was never mentioned either. The United Nations General Assembly recently voted against this inhumane blockade for the 22nd consecutive year, with a record of 188 votes against to 2 in favour. The US blockade has cost Cuba over 1.1 trillion dollars since its inception.
Part of the blockade has been the US government's utter refusal to allow Cuba to connect to the fibre-optic internet cable that passes a mere 32 kilometres from Cuba's shores. This means Cuba's internet access has had to come through satellite, making it obviously slow, limited and expensive. If the US Government is so concerned with the Cuban people's access to the internet, why not allow them to connect to these cables?
Why is our “expert” Ms. Parker completely silent on this?
Piya Chattopadhyay threw all claims of journalistic objectivity out of the window when she repeatedly referred to the “authoritarian” government in Cuba. As if the Cuban government is the one creating fake social media services to manipulate and spy on people!
Unfortunately for Ms. Chattopadhyay, over 1 million Canadians freely visit Cuba every year and have a better idea of what the situation is actually like in the country.
Chattopadhyay ends up with Ms Parker and the US government on the question of Cuba's independence, isolated and exposed.
Besides blockading Cuba, the US government admits to spending tens of millions every year funding programs aimed at provoking dissent and overthrowing the Cuban government. The ZunZuneo scandal is just one more example.
To attempt to portray Cuba as the aggressor and not the victim in this situation is disturbing to say the least.
Respectfully,
Tamara Hansen
Coordinator - Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba
** You can listen to the CBC interview here:
http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/04/16/cuban-twitter/index.html
*Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC) encourages supporters of Cuba and the Cuban Revolution to join us in responding to April 16th, 2014 anti-Cuba interview regarding the ZunZuneo scandal on the CBC Program 'Q.'
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Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC)
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