Undoubtedly, Voice of America and the rest of the U.S. propaganda outlets have long praised “capitalism” and criticized “socialism” in their broadcasts. But how do they reconcile that position with U.S. government ownership of a radio station? Isn’t a government owned radio station a socialist project?
Another good bit.
I’m also willing to bet that there has never been any condemnation of the multiple regime-change operations, both at home and abroad, on the part of the U.S. national-security establishment, including by coups and assassinations. For that matter, I’ll bet that they have also been silent when it came to U.S. practices like torture and indefinite detention during the much-vaunted “war on terrorism.”
While I’m sure there have been plenty of criticisms of communist Cuba, especially through Radio Martí, my hunch is that silence was the approach toward the Pentagon’s and CIA’s torture center, prison camp, and kangaroo judicial system on the U.S. side of Cuba.