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European Union deputies demand
condemnation of Zunzuneo
The
Spanish United Left (IU) has requested that the
European Union condemn the U.S. ‘Cuban Twitter’
operation Zunzuneo, intended to promote
destabilization in Cuba, according to Willy Meyer, a
EU deputy associated with this bloc.
 The
so-called Cuban Twitter, Zunzuneo, sponsored by
USAID, is designed to promote subversion of Cuba’s
constitutional order.
Meyer explained, April 22, that questions
about the recently revealed anti-Cuban project
should be included, as part of EU demands that U.S.
authorities be held accountable politically and
legally for their actions.
In a
note sent to EU High Representative for Foreign
Affairs Catherine Ashton, he called attention to the
creation of the mobile phone social network, with
the illegal use of Spanish platforms.
Meyer referred to information revealed by the AP
news agency, which confirmed the validity of Cuban
condemnations of this type of activity, expressed
for years.
There is clear evidence, the note said, that the
U.S. Aid for International Development (USAID) is
one more instrument used to defend U.S, interests
and carry out interventionist political and
ideological activities.
The
Spanish UE deputies asked Ashton if she intended to
publicly state her opposition to these operations,
and denounce the United States’ violation of
international law and the United Nations Charter.
At
the same time, they requested her opinion on the use
of an agency allegedly devoted to cooperation, such
as USAID, for this type of intervention.
Given the revelations of illegal spying by the
United States in Europe, the deputies asked if the
EU leader intended to hold the responsible parties
accountable before the law and demand their
adherence to regulations established by the
International Telecommunications Union.
According to Meyer, the Spanish bloc believes that
the European Union official responsible for foreign
policy, Ms. Ashton, should respond to the recently
revealed attacks, indicative of the continuing
hostile U.S. policy toward Cuba.
Asked about the procedure, Meyer explained that
Ashton should respond to the deputies’ letter in
writing, although he expressed little confidence in
the seriousness of such a response, since European
foreign policy is subordinated to U.S. interests.
He
recalled that when systematic U.S. spying on Europe
was revealed by former CIA analyst Eric Snowden, one
would have expected negotiations underway on the
Transatlantic Free Trade Treaty to be suspended.
Meyer emphasized that it would have been logical for
Europe to assert its sovereignty given this
intervention, but that deputies who suggested such a
position were told that, no, the talks would
continue.
He
added that U.S. authorities responsible for this
illegal spying have yet to be held accountable
before the law.
USAID: NOT INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENT
Since its creation, USAID has demonstrated that it
is no development agency. Its true function is to
implement U.S. foreign policy, intervening in local
affairs and carrying out intelligence activities.
Examples abound in Latin America. The agency has
promoted destabilization not only in Cuba, but in
Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, as well.
In May, 2013, Bolivian President Evo Morales
announced his decision to expel USAID from the
country, saying, “Never again, to USAID which has
manipulated and used our brother leaders, which has
used some compañeros at the grassroots level,
offering charity,” and gave Foreign Minister David
Choquehuanca the task of communicating to the U.S.
embassy the expulsion of the organization “which
maintains a mentality of domination.”
In
Stella Calloni’s book Evo en la mira (Evo in the
crosshairs), the Argentine journalist states, “In
Bolivia there is documentary evidence that demands
for departmental autonomy were promoted and financed
by the economic elite of
Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija, which is the
sector chosen to receive funding by the U.S.
National Democracy Foundation (NED) and USAID.”
In
the case of Ecuador, President Rafael Correa
suspended several USAID projects underway in his
country and threatened to expel the agency for
interfering in internal politics, supporting
opposition groups and non-governmental organizations
which attacked the government.
Adriana Rossi, Ph.D. Philosophy professor and
researcher, specializing in Foreign Policy,
explained to Revista2016 that one of the ways in
which USAID operates is by financing development
projects in some communities.
To
win approval of these projects, a diagnostic study
of the community must be completed, providing the
means by which an enormous amount of information can
be gathered.
This
data serves the agency very well, allowing decisions
to be made about potential conflicts in which they
can become involved, and manipulate the community.
USAID does intelligence work for the State
Department through these projects, she said.
Meanwhile in Argentina, foundations and
non-governmental organizations, such as the Center
for Opening and Development of Latin American (CADAL),
the Nueva Generación foundation, Crecer y Crecer
(Grow and Grow), the Libertad Foundation and the
Center for Implementation of Public Policies for
Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), all linked to USAID,
harass the national government with constant attacks
via media aligned with them.
Those who ignore the fact that, south of the Río
Bravo, springs are made to flower by peoples’
movements and their governments, must learn that no
bird of prey, no condor, no eagle, will ever sink
its claws into the region again.
(With information from PL)
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