People’s World, a U.S. leftist newspaper, reported that the White House earmarks millions of dollars to collect bad news on Cuba and spread it inside the island. According to the publication, Washington gives money to a group of organizations to have it transferred to Cuban real or imaginary opposition groups, both within the island and in other countries.
US Earmarks Millions of Dollars on Negative News About #Cuba
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Protests mount against Socialist Party-Podemos persecution of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél
Spanish riots escalate: free speech crackdown and rapper’s jailing reveal struggle to escape Franco’s legacy
text by Damian Wilson via RT. illustrations added shared with thanks
Millions of Spaniards still remember life under fascism. Now, with lockdown’s limits on freedom compounded by the erosion of free speech under Franco-style laws, as seen by Pablo Hasél’s jailing, a new generation is fighting back.
Spanish riots escalate: free speech crackdown and rapper’s jailing reveal struggle to escape Franco’s legacy
Venezuelan Hard Right Opposition Leader Leopoldo Lopez Flees to Spain
Venezuelan Hard Right Opposition Leader Leopoldo Lopez Flees to Spain
Long seen as one of the most prominent anti-Chavista figures, Lopez had been in the Spanish Ambassador’s residence for 18 months. He was freed from house arrest by rogue intelligence officers during the failed military putsch on April 30, 2019 and sought refuge in the embassy after the coup attempt fizzled out.
The founder of the far right Popular Will party was a key actor in the 2002 failed coup attempt against then President Hugo Chavez and later played a leading role in the 2014 violent “guarimba” street protests which left 43 people dead. He was found guilty of public incitement to violence and association to commit crimes and convicted to a 13 years and nine months prison sentence in 2015, which was commuted to house arrest two years later.
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