Chief of USAID Doesn't K**w Who Created 'Cuban Twitter'
 

Chief of USAID Doesn't K**w Who Created 'Cuban Twitter'
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The chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said he's unsure who had the idea to create a Twitter-like social network in Cuba, a project his own agency funded.

In a heated exchange, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pressed Rajiv Shah, the administrator of USAID, to tell him who was behind USAID's effort to fund and create ZunZuneo, a stripped-down social network marketed to Cubans that had the ultimate goal of stirring unrest in the Island

See also: The Internet in Cuba: 5 Things You Need to K**w


Leahy called the project a "cockamamie idea" and repeatedly asked Shah to explain whose idea it was to launch the project. Read more...

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