Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer dollars were turned over to groups interested in Cuba. In one case, the Puerto Rico based Disidente Universal de Puerto Rico received more than $60,000, "to increase the flow of independent information to Cuba and within Cuba." A harmless goal on the surface, but in reality the money funds the publication of a magazine that specifically calls for the overthrow of the Cuban government. At least 16 groups with this particular goal received close to $2.4 million from the NED in 2005 alone. Find out about other groups that receive US taxpayer dollars through the NED for these purposes here.
--Joel Wendland is managing editor of Political Affairs and will be door-knocking and phone-banking this fall to bring down the corrupt Republican Congress.
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