Monthly Archives: April 2012
Public Relations Firm Echoes Cuban Propaganda Theme of “Trade the 5!” 1
The following extract regarding the PR firm Burson-Marsteller is eye-opening:
“The firm is working with Secretary of State Clinton and others to get Alan Gross released from a prison in Cuba where he is serving a 15-year term on charges of spying.
The U.S could get Gross released if it traded the “Cuban Five” (Cubans accused of not registering as foreign agents) for Gross but that would anger the politically powerful Cuban ex-patriate community in Florida.
The JDF has noted that Israel traded 1,000 Palestinians for one Israeli soldier and the U.S. Government traded ten Russian spies for four Russians caught spying in Russia for the U.S. “Why can’t Washington trade five Cubans for one U.S. citizen?” it asks. The answer is politics.”
Source:
O’Dwyer’s Blog, which covers the PR & public affairs arenas. “PR Society Leaders Skip Burson Dinner” http://www.odwyerpr.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4404-PR-Society-Leaders-Skip-Burson-Dinner.html
Busy weekend of repression in Cuba for Castro State Security Reply
Busy weekend of repression in Cuba for Castro State Security
The “State Security” forces described by Babalu Blog include the Directorate of Counterintelligence (DCI), the National Revolutionary Police (PNR), and the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs). The DCI, the most repressive of Havana’s five intelligence services, is the lead organization tasked with ensuring domestic stability. The police openly collaborate with the DCI, as do the CDRs, which are de facto neighbor snitch programs. By some estimates, up to 10% of the Cuban population serve as CDR informants. [For more information, see http://www.cubaverdad.net/cdr.htm]
Polémica por visa a esposa de espía cubano Reply
Divide & Conquer: Havana Seeks to Turn Jewish Community Against Cuban-Americans 2
Divide & Conquer: Havana Seeks to Turn Jewish Community Against Cuban-Americans
Yet another “Trade Alan Gross for the Cuban 5” storyline, brought to you by the Castro regime’s active cultivation and manipulation of correspondents in the Jewish media. Havana has failed to gain traction for “Trade the 5” coverage in major media outlets. However, it views the Jewish community as extremely influential in US political circles, so expect Cuba to intensify its outreach and courtship of this media market and its constituency.
Argentina Hosts Three Spies Expelled from US 2
Three spies thrown out of the US in retaliation for Havana’s efforts against US military operations continue to enjoy their posting in beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina. All three belong to Havana’s foreign intelligence service, the Directorate of Intelligence (DI), consistently ranked among the top six spy organizations in the world.
Raúl Rodríguez Averhoff and his wife, María Cristina Delgado Suárez, arrived in 2006. A Consular Officer, he serves is the elite Department known as M-I [US Targets], although he has some experience in M-II [Latin American Targets] as well. Under cover as the Cultural Consular, Delgado Suárez’s department affiliation within the DI is unknown.
In May 2003, the US expelled 14 Cuban diplomats for espionage. Seven diplomats were based at the Cuban Mission to the United Nations (CMUN) and the other seven at the Interests Section. A Second Secretary at the Interests Section, Rodríguez Averhoff was one of the seven expelled from Washington. His wife, known to the US Intelligence Community as a DI officer, had increased her husband’s value as the target of a PNG action. She accompanied him during his early return to Cuba.
The expulsions occurred less than eight weeks after the US and its coalition partners attacked Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Washington Times columnist Bill Gertz noted that the mass expulsions retaliated for Havana having shared information on US troop movements and associated military activities with Iraqi Intelligence.
Oscar Redondo Toledo’s arrival date in Argentina is unclear.
In early November 2002, the US declared Redondo Toledo Persona Non Grata. He enjoyed diplomatic immunity as a First Secretary at the Cuban Interests Section. According to the Washington Post, the PNG action retaliated for the 16-year career of Cuban spy Ana Montes, who was sentenced in October 2002.
While with the Interests Section, Redondo Toledo handled the “Sister City” program between Havana and Mobile, Alabama. The Mobile-Havana partnership was established in 1993. On June 13th, 2002, Redondo was the featured speaker at a meeting in Philadelphia. Other speakers that night were Pamela Martin of the Philadelphia-Cardenas Sister Cities Project and Stephen Paulmier of the “Free the Five” Committee. Redondo Toledo began his Washington tour in April 2000.
Prior to this assignment, Redondo Toledo served at the CMUN, the traditional hub for Havana’s US-based espionage operations. He was groomed for his US tour by his posting as the Prensa Latina correspondent in Mexico for five years. Mexico City, along with New York City and Madrid, are the three largest Cuban Intelligence Centers in the world.
For more information on the role of Cuban Intelligence in the “Sister City” program, see http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/09/cuban-spies-continue-to-exploit-sister-city-progra/?page=all
Contact Information for these spies follows:
CONSEJERA CULTURAL
Sra. María Cristina Delgado Suárez
Email: cultura@ar.embacuba.cu
teléfono: (54-11) 4783-2929
CONSEJERO EDUCACIÓN
Sr. Raúl Rodríguez Averhoff
Email: educacion@ar.embacuba.cu
teléfono: (54-11) 4783-2929
CONSEJERO
Sr. Oscar Redondo Toledo
Embajada teléfono: (54-11) 4782-9049
Email: consejero@ar.embacuba.cu
The Cuban Killer Who Fooled The CIA Reply
The Cuban Killer Who Fooled The CIA
Dr. Latell may be convinced that Rolando Cubela was a Cuban double agent, but there remains considerable evidence to the contrary. Readers, please feel free to weigh in with your information. I’ll provide a summary of my analysis shortly.
More Evidence of Cuba’s Failing “Free the 5” Campaign 1
More Evidence of Cuba’s Failing “Free the 5” Campaign
Only 300 activists answered a nationwide call for protests to release the Cuban 5. Need I say more? Say goodnight Gracie….
Cuba Confidential 