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How a US aid agency hoped hip-hop might fuel a Cuban revolution

Development

The US Agency for International Development does development and aid work around the world, but it’s also sometimes accused of carrying out clandestine programs for the government. A new AP report says its latest effort was an attempt to topple the Castros with hip-hop.

Demonstrators gathered for a rally for American detainee Alan Gross in Washington, DC, during December 2013.

After five years in a Cuban jail, an American contractor is ‘literally wasting away’

Justice