The U.S. government has an obligation to facilitate democratic change in Cuba. Absent a successful transition, the United States could face a massive humanitarian catastrophe on its shores. Cuban activists lack the necessary skills required to carry out a democratic transition in a deliberate and strategic manner. Those were among the conclusions of a contractors proposal submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development on May 29, 2008. USAID accepted the proposal and the contractor sent Alan Gross to Cuba. He was arrested after his fifth trip to the island in 2009. Cuban authorities accused Gross of taking part in a subversive project aiming at bringing down the revolution and slapped him with a 15-year jail sentence. NOTE: this link is safe. Google has incorrectly identified it as spam.
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