TV Marti

It has been 25 years since 1,400 members of Brigade 2506 were killed or captured by Castro’s troops on Playa Girón, Bay of Pigs, Cuba. That invasion fell wretchedly short of its stated objective. But a new U.S. invasion of Cuba, just one year old, is succeeding so well that a second penetration, more powerful than the first, is taking shape. Radio Marti is spawning Television Marti.

On May 20, 1985 the U.S. Information Agency began Radio Marti (RM) broadcasts. Named after the nineteenthcentury Cuban patriot José Marti, who rallied his people to fight for independence from Spain, the program broadcasts news and entertainment 17 and a half hours daily from its Washington, D.C., studios. Unlike the Bay of Pigs, this electronic invasion has put Castro on the defensive. Those caught listening to RM have been punished with jail terms, job loss, and denial of rationed goods.

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It has been 25 years since 1,400 members of Brigade 2506 were killed or captured by Castro’s troops on Playa Girón, Bay of Pigs, Cuba. That invasion fell wretchedly short of its stated objective. But a new U.S. invasion of Cuba, just one year old, is succeeding so well that a second penetration, more powerful than the first, is taking shape. Radio Marti is spawning Television Marti.

On May 20, 1985 the U.S. Information Agency began Radio Marti (RM) broadcasts. Named after the nineteenthcentury Cuban patriot José Marti, who rallied his people to fight for independence from Spain, the program broadcasts news and entertainment 17 and a half hours daily from its Washington, D.C., studios. Unlike the Bay of Pigs, this electronic invasion has put Castro on the defensive. Those caught listening to RM have been punished with jail terms, job loss, and denial of rationed goods.