Posted on 11/22/2007 8:05:47 AM PST by John Semmens
Delegates to the United Nations’ World Radio Communication Conference 2007 declared Radio and Television Marti’s broadcasts to Cuba illegal. The conference, which was organized by the U.N. International Telecommunications Union, approved a series of resolutions condemning the actions of the U.S. Office of Cuba Broadcasting.
The resolutions followed a complaint from Castro’s government that the broadcasts “are interfering with our right to protect our people from capitalist lies.” “This programming has not been approved by our government,” a spokesman for the Castro regime asserted. “It contradicts our government’s message—sowing doubt and mistrust—undermining confidence in the socialist revolution.”
Radio and Television Marti was created through the U.S. Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act of 1983 and began transmission in May 1985. The signals are beamed to Cuba six days a week from an aircraft at an annual cost of about $6 million.
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One would think the UN would spend their time on more important matters - oh, never mind, this is the UN. BTW, have they paid their parking fines yet?
The striking marxists screenwriters are moonlighting at the UN while not on the picket line
I say, "Boot their cars and then boot'em outta the country!
Is this a parody?
when hillary is coronated queen of the U.S. isn’t havana going to replace hollywood as this country’s media capital?
Krushchev had missiles aimed at us when he bitched about RFE. We told him to pack sand and the UN backed us.
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