The U.S. government financed a four-year effort to promote Cuba's rap music scene as part of an effort to promote democracy on the communist-run island, federal officials confirmed on Thursday. "It seemed like a good idea to support civil society," said Matt Herrick, spokesman for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which financed the secretive program. The Cuban government did not respond to the report, though it was covered widely on state-run media. Several of the people involved in the program, run by Creative Associates International, a Washington, D.C.-based development firm, were detained by Cuban authorities. http://bit.ly/1BrJURk http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
U.S. Defends Program to Fund Anti-government Hip-hop Music in Cuba
The U.S. government financed a four-year effort to promote Cuba's rap music scene as part of an effort to promote democracy on the communist-run island, federal officials confirmed on Thursday. "It seemed like a good idea to support civil society," said Matt Herrick, spokesman for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which financed the secretive program. The Cuban government did not respond to the report, though it was covered widely on state-run media. Several of the people involved in the program, run by Creative Associates International, a Washington, D.C.-based development firm, were detained by Cuban authorities. http://bit.ly/1BrJURk http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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