USAID Issues Vehement Denial of Reports About 'Cuban Twitter'

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Last week, a scathing AP report accused the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of running a "covert" project to build a Twitter-like social network in Cuba to stir political unrest in the island. On Monday, USAID denied some of the Associated Press' main claims in an unusually harsh denial that lists claims "followed by the facts."

"The article contained significant inaccuracies and false conclusions about ZunZuneo," wrote USAID spokesperson Matt Herrick, using the Twitter-like service's Cuban name. "It makes for an interesting read, but it’s not true."

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