Another expose of NED, this time its anti-Cuba activities
US Money Pays for Converting Bad News for Cubans into Good News Elsewhere
42 groups; the total amount dispensed was $5,077,788. The short list appearing below is of groups receiving $146,360 or more along with the amount of money each one received, its home base, and the supposed shortcoming in Cuba needing to be fixed.
The top recipients of NED funds were:
+ Cubalex – $150,000 – Memphis, TN (human rights)
+ National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) – $500,000 – Washington DC (gender rights)
+ Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos – $150,000 – Madrid (human rights)
+ Asociacion Diario de Cuba – $215,000 – Madrid (access to information)
+ Instituto Cubano por la Libertad de Expresion y Prensa – $146,360 – Hialeah, FL (access to information)
+ Cuban Democratic Directorate – $650,000 – Miami (access to information)
+ Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) – $309,766 – Washington DC (private sector needing support)
+ Clovek v tisni, o.p.s. (People in Need) – $150,882 – Prague (access to information)
+ Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba – $230,000 – Miami (labor rights)