American News Ticker Goes Dark in Havana
After vexing Cuban officials (and citizens, no doubt) for three years, a U.S. government-sponsored electronic billboard that featured news and information blips tailored for a Cuban audience from an American-friendly angle has been switched off in the interest of changing the diplomatic tone between the two countries.After vexing Cuban officials (and citizens, no doubt) for three years, a U.S. government-sponsored electronic billboard that featured news and information blips tailored for a Cuban audience from an American-friendly angle has been switched off in the interest of changing the diplomatic tone between the two countries.
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It prompted what came to be known as “the battle of the billboards”.
Cuba’s then-leader Fidel Castro accused the US mission of becoming the “headquarters of the counter-revolution”.
He also ordered a million people to march around the mission in protest.
The ticked was turned off in June, but correspondents say that because of the obstructions erected by Cuban authorities, no-one seems to have noticed.
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