Friday, February 04, 2011

Bloggers, exiles, plan to overthrow Castro, leaked online video says

"Posted on Friday, 02.04.11

Bloggers, exiles, plan to overthrow Castro, leaked online video says
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com

Cuban bloggers like Yoani Sanchez and young exiles who reach out to
their counterparts on the island are part of a U.S. campaign to
overthrow the Castro government, according to a secret Cuban video
posted on the Internet.

The video also alleges Washington launched a secret effort in 2008 to
create 10 wi-fi points around the island that would have allowed up to
250 computers access to the Internet through satellite telephones --
totally independent of Cuban government controls.

The nearly one-hour video appears to be of a secret June 2010 lecture on
the Internet's dangers to the revolution, delivered by an Internet
expert to an audience of men and women in military uniforms -- likely
Armed Forces or Interior Ministry officers.

Its content largely repeats the Cuban government's allegations that
independent bloggers and groups like Raices de Esperanza -- Roots of
Hope, an organization of young exiles that has been establishing
contacts with youths in Cuba -- are part of a U.S. campaign to undermine
the Castro government.

Perhaps more surprising is the appearance on the Internet of what is
clearly a secret lecture to Cuban security officials.

Available at http://vimeo.com/19402730, the video appears to have been
first posted on the Internet by a person identified as Black Coral. It
was also posted by the Spain-based blog Penultimos Días.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/04/2050670/bloggers-exiles-plan-to-overthrow.html

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