Journalists paid for writing anti-Cuban propaganda

At least 10 Florida-based journalists were paid by the US government to write and broadcast anti-Cuba propaganda, according to the Miami Herald. Three writers have now been fired by the Miami Herald newspaper group for an alleged "conflict of interest." One, Pablo Alfonso, who writes a column for the Herald's Spanish title, El Nuevo Herald, was paid $175,000 (£98,000) for hosting shows on the US-funded channels TV Marti and Radio Marti. The Cuban government has long alleged that journalists writing on US-Cuban politics were in the pay of the US government. (Via New York Times)