Re: Cuban treatment of journalists denounced

On Mar 30, 4:36 pm, PL <pl.nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Posted on Fri, Mar. 30, 2007

CONGRESS
Cuban treatment of journalists denounced
Several Democratic members of Congress complained of Cuban government
expulsions and imprisonment of journalists.
BY PABLO BACHELET
pbache...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WASHINGTON --
Thirteen Democratic Congress members, including several who favor easing
sanctions against Havana, have decried Cuba's recent expulsion of three
foreign journalists.

[snip]

Many foreign journalists continue to work in Cuba. In fact, Cuban
authorities invited the news organizations employing the expelled
"journalists"to replace them with suitable candidates. The Bush
regime, on the other hand, will not allow any Cuban journalists into
the US. (See below.)


The Cuban government complains that the State Department refuses to
grant visas to Cuban journalists. The administration argues that all
media is in the hands of the Cuban government,

All media in the US is in the hands of the corporte elite.


though visas are granted
for exceptional occasions, such as covering sporting events.


Even this is doubtful.

"The travel ban is also imposed by Washington on Cubans invited to
sporting, cultural, academic and scientific events in the United
States. The Cubans are routinely denied entry visas, including
journalists assigned to cover world events, even to attend
international meetings on subjects such as medical research."

Source: "Breaking a Bad Law over Cuba: Defying the Travel Ban,"
Prensa Latina (SCC archives).

Dan
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