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● More revelations about the
U.S.-funded propaganda effort against the Cuban Five
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THE National Committee to Free the Cuban Five,
Liberation newspaper, and the Partnership for
Civil Justice Foundation, have now released the
documents obtained in the latest FOIA (Freedom of
Information Act) petition by Liberation
newspaper.
As a result of these disclosures, further proof
has emerged about how prominent reporters of the
Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Diario
Las Américas, and Miami radio and TV stations
were employed by the U.S. government, which was
prosecuting the Cuban five anti-terrorists, at the
same time as they reported on the case of the Five
with highly-prejudicial articles.
The information revealed so far forms an
important part of the ongoing habeas corpus appeals
of the Cuban Five. Appeals are still pending for the
release of more documents, to continue exposing the
widespread and systematic practice of the U.S.
government secretly paying Miami-based journalists.
Excerpts from the newly-released part II of the
analysis of the documents:
Enrique Encinosa, who advocates the bombing of
Cuban hotels, was employed by the U.S. government
while he was working as an "independent" news
director on the powerful right-wing Spanish-language
radio station in Miami.
Encinosa boasted in an Internet radio interview:
"I arrived in the United States in 1961. I became
involved in the anti-Castro paramilitary
organizations when I was 16. I participated in a
number of military and covert operations into Cuba
as a very young man. I worked cloak and dagger in
covert operations."
During the Cuban Five prosecution, Encinosa
broadcast news regularly on Miami's 50,000-watt WAQI
Radio ("Radio Mambí"), and was a frequent
commentator on the arrest and prosecution of the
Five. He received $5,200 to host a weekly Radio
Martí show from Oct.1, 2000, to Sept. 30, 2001, for
a total of $10,400. The Cuban Five's trial was
within that time span, running from November 27,
2000, to June 8, 2001.
