24-03-2025
Trump Did What Castros Couldn't: Take Radio Martí Off the Air
Journalists from Radio Martí, the U.S. federally-funded news outlet aimed at communist Cuba, were in the middle of interviewing a Cuban activist in Miami on a recent Saturday when bleak looks suddenly came over their faces.
The 40-year-old news agency, designed to send uncensored news in Spanish into Cuba, had just been ordered closed by the Trump administration, the crew learned in an email. The profile of the activist — Ramón Saúl Sánchez, known for leading protest flotillas to Cuba — was scrapped.
'They were very confused,' Mr. Sánchez said. 'They said, 'We think we've been terminated. We need to leave.''
