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09 April 2010
CUBA: U.S. Democracy Funding Re-authorized. But Is It Successful?
AP/GOOGLE NEWS/ ANALYSIS/ As the Obama administration reauthorizes Cuban democracy funding, where has the money gone? Have contractors done better than foundations, universities and nonprofits? "We are asking hard questions about fraud, waste and what actually works to benefit the Cuban people," said Rep. Howard Berman. Cuba watcher Philip Peters claims the program has become "an odd hybrid of overt and covert activity."