Eliminating or crippling freedom broadcasting to Cuba. as the Skaggs amendment would do. would send exactly the wrong message at exactly the wrong time. The Castro dictatorship is at an alltime low. both in domestic support and international prestige. Like the two recent ClintonCastro immigration agreements. the silencing of TV Marti would provide new hope for the Castro dictatorship and a fresh dose of despair to those who struggle for human rights in Cuba. The argument that TV Marti is technologically inadequate and that we should therefore not fund it is destined to be a selffulfilling prophecy. The Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights which I chair has examined this question in public hearings over the last 3 years.
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