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Along the Malecón: October 2014
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014. It's not me. It's them. Coco taxi in Havana. Yet again, most of the world's nations today voted for an end to U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba. The vote was a resounding 188-2. It's the 23rd straight year that the United Nations has condemned the embargo. US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL., contends that the U.N. has it all wrong. She said in a statement that today's vote reflects the United Nations' "disconnection from the realities of Cuba.". Posted by Tracey Eaton. The T...
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Along the Malecón: July 2014
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Monday, July 21, 2014. A boost for Piramideo. The US. government in June awarded an additional $400,000 t. O the Maryland company that designed and operates Piramideo, a social network aimed at sending millions of text messages to Cuba. The Office of Cuba Broadcasting. Signed the one-year contract. With Washington Software Inc. On June 20. Records show the $400,000 will go toward "other computer services." No other details are given except a government code: IGF: CL: IGF. Posted by Tracey Eaton. Insulato...
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Along the Malecón: OTI seeks boss in Colombia
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Monday, May 4, 2015. OTI seeks boss in Colombia. The job pays $73,115, to $95,048. USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives seeks a "highly qualified, highly motivated" individual to manage and lead a project in Colombia, which "may be nearing an end to its fifty-year internal armed conflict.". An OTI announcement states:. Regardless of whether an agreement is reached, growing evidence suggests that Colombia is already on a path out of conflict toward greater stability and development. A) Paid and non-pa...
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Along the Malecón: State Department's Top 50 Intriguing or Bizarre Expenses
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Thursday, May 14, 2015. State Department's Top 50 Intriguing or Bizarre Expenses. I took a spin through $6,052,837,219 in State Department expenses and compiled a list of the 50 most intriguing or bizarre expenses. The top expense was for office buildings, at $1,897,708,127. Further down the list was a category called "miscellaneous items." That totaled a whopping $57,035,138 - all expenses that were too trivial to describe. 5,939,630 for tableware. 2,924,003 for draperies, awnings and shades. Cubas off ...
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Along the Malecón: Hyper-local media outlets in Cuba
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Monday, May 4, 2015. Hyper-local media outlets in Cuba. Normando Hernández, the youngest of 75 activists arrested during the Black Spring of 2003, was exiled to Spain in 2010 and later settled in the United States. In 2012, he was a Reagan-Fascell fellow and studied how independent journalists could deal with authoritarian governments. That same year, he proposed the creation of "hyper-local" media outlets in Cuba. His presentation. Is dated, but I hadn't seen it until now and thought I'd share it. Notes...
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Along the Malecón: Center for a Free Cuba
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Monday, May 4, 2015. Center for a Free Cuba. The Center for a Free Cuba. Received $231,096 in grants and contributions in 2013, down dramatically from 2007 when it snagged a $2.2 million grant. The non-profit organization, based in Washington, D.C., received $5,119,001 in grants from 2007 through 2013, tax records show. See Form 990s for 2011. Expenses in 2013 included:. 39,723 to "victims of Castro's repression, including political prisoners and former political prisoners and their families.". Center fo...
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Along the Malecón: February 2015
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Saturday, February 14, 2015. NED funds for travel, training, workshops. The National Endowment for Democracy is a major recipient of U.S. government funds for democracy programs in Cuba. The NED, based in Washington, D.C., does a better job than most organizations in disclosing to the public how it spends its money. Below is the NEDs summary of its activities in Cuba followed by a list of the groups. Afro-Cuban Alliance, Inc. ISLAS: Quarterly Afro-Cuban Journal. Posted by Tracey Eaton. Security shortcomi...
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Along the Malecón: State Department requests more Cuba funds
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015. State Department requests more Cuba funds. The State Department is asking for more than $6 million to convert the U.S. Interests Section in Havana to an embassy and $528,000 for a new program called "Cuba Outreach Initiative," budget documents show. Of the State Department's fiscal 2016 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations states:. Of the State Department's Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations states:. The President’s historic announ...
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Along the Malecón: Sudden secrecy at NED
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Monday, March 16, 2015. Sudden secrecy at NED. NED's Where We Work page for Cuba no longer shows grantees. Names of the recipients of Cuba-related grants no longer appear on the National Endowment for Democracy's website. Just last week, clicking on this link. Led to the 2014 grant recipients. Early this morning, the link led to a page that asked for a user name and password. It now leads to NED's Latin America/Caribbean page. But the 2014 report was no longer listed. Earlier post and background. 0 liste...
