The US interests section, or embassy, in Havana, Cuba has shut down the electronic billboard on its fifth floor that has streamed anti-Cuban propaganda in 1.5 metre high letters since 2006. Citing a lack of effectiveness “in delivering information to the Cuban people”, US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly confirmed that the ticker was shut off in June. When it went up, the Cuban government reacted by surrounding the interests section with billboards and hundreds of flagpoles to block the ticker. It appears that no one noticed until Kelly confirmed 27 July that it had been turned off. BBC, CNN
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News story, GenevaLunch, 28 July 2009.
Filed under: World news
Tags: Cuba, Havana, Ian Kelly, interests section, propaganda, ticker, US state dept.
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