[HCDX] Cuban dissidents urge U.S. to keep Radio, TV Marti

["Zacharias Liangas " <greekdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cuban dissidents urge U.S. to keep Radio, TV Marti
Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:55am GMT
 
http://uk.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUKN1032742620090211?sp=true

HAVANA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Cuban dissidents on Tuesday urged the 
United States to continue beaming Radio and TV Marti to the communist-run 
island, despite recent U.S. criticism that the broadcasts reach few Cubans 
and have questionable journalistic standards.

They said the two outlets, which are directed by the Miami-based Office of 
Cuba Broadcasting agency and aimed at supporting opposition to the Cuban 
government, provided a useful voice in a country where the media is state-
run.

"It has to be assured that these important transmissions to Cuba continue," 
leading dissident Marta Beatriz Roque said in a press conference in the 
Cuban capital.

"It is also indispensable that they be effective in eluding or counteracting 
interference by the (Cuban) regime," she said.

A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office said surveys 
had found that in the past year only 1 percent of Cuba's 11 million people 
had seen or heard the broadcasts, which are jammed by the Cuban 
government.

While Radio Marti can be heard occasionally despite the blocking, TV Marti 
is virtually unseen on the island.

Radio Marti was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, while TV 
Marti began transmitting in 1990. The Office of Cuba Broadcasting has an 
annual budget of $34 million.

The two are named after Jose Marti, a 19th century Cuban hero of 
independence.

The Cuban government considers the broadcasts a violation of international 
laws and an attack on Cuban sovereignty. The United States has said they 
provide objective programming not found in Cuban media.

The GAO found some Marti programs wanting in journalistic standards of 
balance and objectivity and that news programming included 
unsubstantiated stories from Cuba.

Cuban dissidents, who are considered U.S. mercenaries by the Cuban 
government, have sometimes complained that Radio Marti does not reflect 
their own views. (Reporting by Rosa Tania Valdes; Editing by Jeff Franks 
and Eric Walsh) 
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