U.S. project of regime change in Cuba is still on
U.S. project of regime change in Cuba is still on
by: W. T. Whitney Jr.
September 22 2016
As regards Cuba, the U.S. government keeps on with its program of so-called "democracy promotion." Interventionist in intent and effect, it aims at ending Cuba's revolution.
Democracy promotion takes shape within the policy approach known in official Washington circles as "track two" diplomacy. The term refers to implementation of U.S. foreign policy objectives through civilian or NGO activities that the government facilitates. They complement military and intelligence operations. Cuba is hardly the only country targeted in this way.
Track two initiatives applying to Cuba developed under the aegis of the Cuban Democracy Act ("Torricelli Act"
of 1992 and, particularly, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act ("Helms - Burton Act" of 1996. These two pieces of legislation also detail means for implementing the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba.
The democracy promotion program has rested on congressional appropriations to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department. These agencies in turn have directed funds to entities that pass some along to operatives, many in Cuba, and keep the rest for themselves. The intermediaries include NGOs, organizations associated with universities, private companies serving the intelligence community, and the National Endowment for Democracy, which passes money along to other go-between groups.
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