On April 6, 1960, a U.S. diplomat named Lester Mallory wrote a secret memo about Cuba. Subject line: “The Decline and Fall of Castro.”
Make Cubans unhappy, argued the memo, which was a precursor to the U.S. embargo. Saddle them with “economic dissatisfaction and hardship.” They’ll sour on Fidel Castro.
Or, others thought, get him with an exploding cigar. Contaminate his scuba suit with tuberculosis. Have the Mafia off him.
More than half a century later, the U.S. government seems to have come up with a much more modern and techie approach: Tweet him off the island.
Read also:
The Dangerous Absurdity of the Secret “Cuban Twitter” (New Yorker (blog))
US denies trying to overthrow Castro with Twitter clone (CNNMoney)
White House denies 'Cuban Twitter' ZunZuneo programme was covert (The Guardian)
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