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{{short description|US radio, television broadcaster to Cuba}} | {{short description|US radio, television broadcaster to Cuba}} | ||
{{Organization | '''Radio y Televisión Martí''' is a U.S. government-funded broadcaster providing news, information, and entertainment to Cuba, named after the Cuban independence leader José Martí.{{Organization | ||
|OrganizationName=Radio y Televisión Martí | |OrganizationName=Radio y Televisión Martí | ||
|OrganizationType=Government | |OrganizationType=Government | ||
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|HeadquartersAddress=4201 NW 77th Ave, Doral, FL 33166 | |HeadquartersAddress=4201 NW 77th Ave, Doral, FL 33166 | ||
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It is an American state-run radio and television international broadcaster based in Miami, Florida, financed by the [[federal government of the United States]] through the [[U.S. Agency for Global Media]] (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors, BBG). It transmits propaganda in Spanish to Cuba and its broadcasts can also be heard and viewed worldwide through their website and on shortwave radio frequencies. | |||
Named after the | Named after the Cuban national hero and intellectual José Martí, Radio Televisión Martí was established in 1983 and TV Martí was added in 1990.<ref name="cl01"/> The 2014 budget for the Cuba broadcasting program was approximately US$27 million. | ||
Radio y Televisión Martí is overseen by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB).<ref name="voa_18_december_2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/usa/usagm-ceo-names-new-leaders-rferl-ocb?amp |title=USAGM CEO Names New Leaders for RFE/RL, OCB |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 18, 2020 |website=Voice Of America |access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref> | Radio y Televisión Martí is overseen by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB).<ref name="voa_18_december_2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/usa/usagm-ceo-names-new-leaders-rferl-ocb?amp |title=USAGM CEO Names New Leaders for RFE/RL, OCB |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 18, 2020 |website=Voice Of America |access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref> | ||
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Radio Televisión Martí is an element of the [[International Broadcasting Bureau]] (IBB). | Radio Televisión Martí is an element of the [[International Broadcasting Bureau]] (IBB). | ||
{{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/}} | {{Official URL (simple)|url=https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/}} | ||
==Radio Martí== | ==Radio Martí== | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
In the early 1980s, the U.S. Government planned to create a radio station to be known as Radio Free Cuba, modeled on [[Radio Free Europe]]/[[Radio Liberty]], the mission of fighting [[communism]] in the hope of hastening the fall of [[President of Cuba|Cuban President]] [[Fidel Castro]]. The station – renamed ''Radio Martí'' after Cuban writer [[José Martí]], who had fought for Cuba's independence from [[Spain]] and against U.S. influence in the [[Americas]] – was established in 1983 by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] at the urging of [[Jorge Mas Canosa]]. Existing [[North America]]n broadcasters objected strenuously to the establishment of Radio Martí, fearing that its broadcasts would lead Cuba to retaliate by [[Radio jamming|jamming]] existing commercial [[medium-wave]] broadcasts from Florida. | In the early 1980s, the U.S. Government planned to create a radio station to be known as Radio Free Cuba, modeled on [[Radio Free Europe]]/[[Radio Liberty]], the mission of fighting [[communism]] in the hope of hastening the fall of [[President of Cuba|Cuban President]] [[Fidel Castro]]. The station – renamed ''Radio Martí'' after Cuban writer [[José Martí]], who had fought for Cuba's independence from [[Spain]] and against U.S. influence in the [[Americas]] – was established in 1983 by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] at the urging of [[Jorge Mas Canosa]]. Existing [[North America]]n broadcasters objected strenuously to the establishment of Radio Martí, fearing that its broadcasts would lead Cuba to retaliate by [[Radio jamming|jamming]] existing commercial [[medium-wave]] broadcasts from Florida. | ||
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In May 2018 Martí broadcast video segments attacking George Soros as a "multimillionaire Jew of Hungarian origin" threatening Latin American democracy. The videos were based on assertions by [[Judicial Watch]]. In October 2018 the employees responsible for producing the videos were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into their conduct.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/us-government-funded-news-network-ran-a-hit-piece-on-soros-that-called-him-a-multimillionaire-jew/|title=A US government-funded news network ran a hit piece on Soros that called him a "multimillionaire Jew"|first=Aaron|last=Wiener}}</ref>. | In May 2018 Martí broadcast video segments attacking George Soros as a "multimillionaire Jew of Hungarian origin" threatening Latin American democracy. The videos were based on assertions by [[Judicial Watch]]. In October 2018 the employees responsible for producing the videos were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into their conduct.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/us-government-funded-news-network-ran-a-hit-piece-on-soros-that-called-him-a-multimillionaire-jew/|title=A US government-funded news network ran a hit piece on Soros that called him a "multimillionaire Jew"|first=Aaron|last=Wiener}}</ref>. | ||
==Mission== | ==Mission== | ||