Cuba Signals Crackdown On Illegal TV Market
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer Havana, Cuba (AHN) - Citing America's increase of television transmissions to the Caribbean island, Cuba's Communist government on Wednesday signaled a crackdown on the use of black-market satellite dishes. The indication comes just over a week after ailing leader Fidel Castro temporarily relinquished powers to his brother. The Newspaper Granma, official voice of the communist government, on Wednesday warned that the dishes, which many Cubans use to watch Spanish-language television programs from Miami, could be used by the U.S. government to encourage anti-Castro activists to push for change. "They are fertile ground for those who want to carry out the Bush administration's plan to destroy the Cuban revolution," said the newspaper. The article also denounced the 'avalanche' of capitalist advertising in commercial television programs. Since Castro provisionally relinquished power to his brother Raul on July 31 after undergoing gastric surgery, Cubans have been anxious for more information on his condition and the political direction of their country. Meanwhile, the Bush administration has increased the broadcasts of U.S.-funded radio and television to the island, including the images of Miami's exile community celebrating the end of Castro's 47-year rule. The United States has repeatedly said that it does not have any intention to invade Cuba, but to wish a p |
