US Sent Young Latinos to Incite Cuba Rebellion for $5.41/hr

[GreecePwns]

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/08/ ... rebellion/

WASHINGTON — An Obama administration program secretly dispatched young Latin Americans to Cuba using the cover of health and civic programs to provoke political change, a clandestine operation that put those foreigners in danger even after a U.S. contractor was hauled away to a Cuban jail.

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But their efforts were fraught with incompetence and risk, an Associated Press investigation found: Cuban authorities questioned who was bankrolling the travelers. The young workers nearly blew their mission to “identify potential social-change actors.” One said he got a paltry, 30-minute seminar on how to evade Cuban intelligence, and there appeared to be no safety net for the inexperienced workers if they were caught.

“Although there is never total certainty, trust that the authorities will not try to harm you physically, only frighten you,” read a memo obtained by the AP. “Remember that the Cuban government prefers to avoid negative media reports abroad, so a beaten foreigner is not convenient for them.”

In all, nearly a dozen Latin Americans served in the program in Cuba, for pay as low as $5.41 an hour.

I really have no words for this one...$5.41? Is that all the US government is willing to pay for people to incite a rebellion and a regime change?

[notyou2]

The CIA pays in drugs.

[BigBallinStalin]

"As low as $5.41 per hour." They must be the interns!


Let's imagine a high number: $500 per hour! That's probably the wage given to the government contractor who gave those idiots lectures on how to avoid Cuban counter-intel agents and how to dismantle a government.

[Army of GOD]

modern day Bay of Pigs?

[Gillipig]

$5.41/hr actually sounds about right, if you consider the quality of the workers.

[targetman377]

Wait so your mad if they spend 500 or 5.41 lol make up your mind. hey if it worked now that would have been the cheepest regim change in history i say brovo on saving money!!

[2dimes]

Beer is like a nickel there if you are getting ripped off. Beer is closing in on $3 here where, most people get paid well under $20/hour.

There's no increased costs involved with winter there. might be time to move.

[notyou2]

Beer is like a nickel there if you are getting ripped off. Beer is closing in on $3 here where, most people get paid well under $20/hour.

There's no increased costs involved with winter there. might be time to move.

They have good cigars. The people are really well educated. Our tour director was an engineer. Many doctors work at the resorts. They get better money at the resort than pursuing their career choices.