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Another USAID covert plan exposed
According to an investigation by the
Associated Press, the U.S. Agency for International
Development, USAID, attempted to infiltrate the
Cuban hip-hop movement as part of a covert project
to destabilize the country.
Autor: ACN
According to an investigation by the Associated
Press, the U.S. Agency for International
Development, USAID, attempted to infiltrate the
Cuban hip-hop movement as part of a covert project
to destabilize the country.
Documents obtained by AP indicate that USAID hired a
group of rappers to develop a youth movement in
opposition to the Cuban government. The covert plan
was implemented over more than two years, with the
aim of using Cuban musicians to establish a network
to agitate for social change on the island, PL
reported on Thursday.
The
Huffington Post website published a chronology of
USAID covert operations in Cuba, detailing the
activities of Rajko Bozic, a Serbian national who
presented himself as a musical promoter and arrived
in Cuba with instructions to involve Cuban rappers
such as the Aldeanos duo in the covert hip hop
program, to promote an opposition movement.
The
publication also describes the creation in Panama of
the Salida Company in March 2009, a front for
Creative Associates International based in
Washington. AP reports that in August of 2009
Creative Associates hosted a meeting in San Jose,
Costa Rica, to discuss using the Concert for Peace,
organized by Colombian musician Juanes in Havana, to
boost Los Aldeanos and their rebellious discourse.
Coincidentally, on December 3, 2009, USAID
contractor Alan Gross was arrested in Havana for
having illegally imported satellite phones and
computing equipment to Cuba without the appropriate
permits.
The USAID hip hop covert
operation was conducted in tandem with two other
programs sponsored by the U.S. agency, which were
exposed by AP - the Zunzuneo or Cuban twitter
project, and a plan to send young Latin Americans to
Cuba to build disenchantment among Cuban youth and
promote criticism of the government.
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