“What I'm doing is illegal. There are a lot of felonies I'm committing as an independent journalist.”
Cuba, for all of its moldering beauty, should scare us. Because there are people in the U.S. who hate the press as much as any Cuban functionary. 1/4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/260RlZxoLqTxpM8utkiKvg
Cuba, for all of its moldering beauty, should scare us. Because there are people in the U.S. who hate the press as much as any Cuban functionary. 1/4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/260RlZxoLqTxpM8utkiKvg
Our outgoing administration rails against socialism while creating their own de facto state news channels and publicly intimidating and discrediting independent media.
It is a perfect blueprint for running a country like a Castro. 2/4
It is a perfect blueprint for running a country like a Castro. 2/4
Still, somehow independent journalism has flourished in Cuba in the past five years, at great risk but with a protozoic zeal for truth and real reporting. 3/4
Today's #TheTripPodcast guest, independent journalist Mónica Baró [ @Mona_Cuba], does her work in the face of arrest or risk of ruin at every step of the way.
Listen FREE now, wherever you get podcasts: 4/4 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/havana-m%C3%B3nica-bar%C3%B3/id1336198872?i=1000500855273
Listen FREE now, wherever you get podcasts: 4/4 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/havana-m%C3%B3nica-bar%C3%B3/id1336198872?i=1000500855273