Norelys Morales Aguilera.- Las declaraciones intimidatorias
de Michael Parlmy a El País para que no publicaran sus conversaciones secretas
con Yoani Sánchez a partir de los cables de WikiLeaks habían surtido efecto: "Me pondré muy bravo si publican las múltiples conversaciones que tuve con la bloguera Yoani Sánchez”, advirtió.
Pero, ahora con “el error”, según el propio diario español, que comete el sitio de filtraciones al
separarse de los medios que antes seleccionó, ha permitido conocer el contenido
de más comunicaciones diplomáticas que dibujan la labor de la Oficina de
Intereses de EE.UU. en La Habana para intentar desestabilizar y subvertir la
Revolución cubana, en nombre de la democracia yanqui.
El cable 07HAVANA622, “Consenso en línea: un foro imparcial en Cuba?” da cuenta de
las conversaciones que sostuvieran en La Habana la bloguera mercenaria Yoani
Sánchez y Michael Parmly, ex jefe de la Sección de Intereses Norteamericanos
(SINA) en La Habana en 2007.
Parmly informó a Washington de su encuentro con Yoani Sánchez
y Reinaldo Escobar, el matrimonio que visitó al diplomático en su residencia
para explicarle los futuros pasos de la “Revista Consenso”, publicación
contrarrevolucionaria para la cual no reparó en elogios.
La furia de Michael Parlmy no era gratuita
porque esos vínculos con la política injerencista y subversiva de Washington
habían sido ocultados por los diplomáticos y negados por la pareja de facinerosos
que han engañado al durante los últimos
dos años a grandes audiencias preparadas por los medios corporativos.
Numerosos videos y otros materiales difundidos informan de las historias
embusteras de Yoani Sánchez explicando al mundo cómo creó un supuesto blog y
las razones que la hicieron retornar a Cuba desde Europa. Así como resuenan sus
palabras del “miedo del régimen” tan caras a Yoani y tan explícitas en Parlmy, con lo que su dependencia queda fuera de toda duda.
Yoani se presentó
como apolítica, obtuvo una visibilidad mediática desproporcionada y recibió
premios inmerecidos. Llegando incluso a entrevistar a Obama y hoy sabemos que
fue la SINA quien respondió el cuestionario que aprobaron en Washington,mientras la bloguera mercenaria se jactaba de hacer periodismo.
La ira la pone Michael Parlmy y el ridículo, Yoani Sánchez.
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Wikileaks id #113787
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Consenso On-line: An Impartial Forum In Cuba?
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US Interests Section
Havana (Cuba)
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Cable time
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Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:13 UTC
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Classification
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CONFIDENTIAL
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History
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First published on Thu, 1 Sep 2011 23:24 UTC
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001.3 OF 002 Classified By: COM MICHAEL E. PARMLY FOR REASONS 1.4 B AND D ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: REINALDO ESCOBAR AND YOANI SANCHEZ, TWO OF THE DRIVING FORCES
BEHIND THE INNOVATIVE AND INCREASINGLY POPULAR ON-LINE MAGAZINE CONSENSO
(CONSENSUS), DISCUSSED ORIGINAL APPROACHES TO CIVIL DIALOGUE IN CUBA WITH COM
MICHAEL PARMLY AND A/PAO JOHN VANCE. CONSENSO FOSTERS DISCOURSE FROM ALL
POLITICAL AND CIVIC POINTS OF VIEW IN CUBA'S BARREN, STRICTLY CONTROLLED MEDIA
LANDSCAPE. THE VERY EXISTENCE OF CONSENSO, WHICH PAYS NOTHING TO ITS STAFF OR
CONTRIBUTORS, IS GROUNDBREAKING IN CUBA AND POSES A THREAT TO A CUBAN
GOVERNMENT WITH LITTLE TO GAIN AND MUCH TO LOSE FROM OPEN DEBATE. RECOGNIZING
THE TIGHTROPE ON WHICH IT HAS WALKED SINCE THE MAGAZINE'S 2004 ESTABLISHMENT,
CONSENSO'S EDITORIAL BOARD AVOIDS AFFILIATIONS WITH SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS,
ESCHEWS DONATIONS GIVEN WITH CONDITIONS AND ADHERES TO A RIGIDLY NON-PARTISAN
EDITORIAL POLICY IN ITS ENDEAVOR TO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS: WHAT KIND OF CUBA DO
WE WANT? HOW DO WE ARRIVE? END SUMMARY. ------------ HERE TO STAY ------------ ¶2. (C) HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM REINALDO ESCOBAR AND YOANI SANCHEZ VISITED THE
U.S. CHIEF OF MISSION'S RESIDENCE TO SHARE THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF CUBA'S MEDIA
ENVIRONMENT AND EXPOUND UPON THE UNIQUE POSITION THEREIN OF THEIR ON-LINE
PUBLICATION, CONSENSO. ESCOBAR (WHOSE LONG AND WELL-DOCUMENTED TRACK RECORD OF
STUBBORNLY INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM ONCE EARNED HIM A RIDE ON A DOWNBOUND
ELEVATOR FROM A LOFTY POST AT GOC MOUTHPIECE "JUVENTUD REBELDE" TO A
LIFT REPAIRMAN JOB) IS CONSENSO'S CHIEF EDITOR. YOANI SANCHEZ, A PHILOLOGIST,
IS CLOSELY INVOLVED IN CONSENSO'S DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS. THE DUO
IS UNIQUE AMONG CUBA'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS IN THAT THEY VOLUNTARILY
RETURNED TO CUBA TO HELP EFFECT CHANGE AFTER HAVING ESTABLISHED SUCCESSFUL
CAREERS IN EUROPE. INDEED, CITING THE FACT THAT "THE BATTLE MUST TAKE
PLACE IN CUBA," MS. SANCHEZ CLAIMS TO HAVE DISCARDED HER PASSPORT.
--------------- CARVING A NICHE --------------- ¶3. (C) CONSENSO IN ITS CURRENT FORM WAS BORN AS THE RESULT OF AN EDITORIAL
SPLIT AT ITS PRECURSOR BETWEEN FACTIONS LED BY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST (AND
ALLEGED REGIME FLACK) MANUEL CUESTA MORUA AND REINALDO ESCOBAR. UNWILLING TO
FOLLOW CUESTA MORUA'S EDICT FAVORING A PARTISAN EDITORIAL TACK, ESCOBAR LED A
SPLINTER GROUP'S MIGRATION FROM THE BOARD. ¶4. (C) WHEN CUESTA MORUA'S PUBLICATION SUBSEQUENTLY LOST ITS EDITORIAL
BEARINGS AND FOUNDERED IN 2004, ESCOBAR CLAIMS SEVERAL MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD
ASKED THAT HE TAKE THE REINS AND RESTORE ITS LUSTER. ESCOBAR ASSENTED WITH THE
CAVEAT THAT THERE MUST BE NO FORMAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THAT HIS ROLE,
GIVEN HIS JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE, WOULD PRINCIPALLY BE THAT OF A STYLE AND NOT A
CONTENT EDITOR. THE RESULT WAS CONSENSO. ¶5. (U) ACCORDING TO ESCOBAR, CONSENSO BEGAN ACQUIRING WIDER READERSHIP ONLY
AFTER ITS UNBLINKING JOURNALISM (MOST RECENTLY SHOWCASED IN CONSENSO'S POWERFUL
CONDEMNATION OF THE GOC, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE VATICAN IN CONNECTION WITH
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CATHOLIC LAY LEADER DAGOBERTO VALDEZ' INFLUENTIAL
PERIODICAL "VITRAL") AND NON-PARTISAN NATURE GAINED CREDIBILITY WITH
BOTH POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTORS AND ITS READERSHIP. ESCOBAR BELIEVES THE FACT THAT
NEITHER THE EDITORIAL BOARD NOR CONTRIBUTORS ARE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK IS
AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, ALTHOUGH HE ACKNOWLEDGES IT REDUCES CONSENSO'S POOL OF
CONTRIBUTORS, MANY OF WHOM WOULD RATHER SUBMIT THEIR ARTICLES TO PARTISAN--BUT
PAYING--PUBLICATIONS. ¶6. (U) IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETAIN IMMEDIACY AND GAIN RELEVANCY, AT THE BEGINNING
OF 2007 CONSENSO INCREASED ITS ANNUAL OUTPUT FROM TWO TO TWELVE EDITIONS. IF
THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN CONSENSO'S WEBSITE'S (WWW.DESDECUBA.COM) PAGEVIEWS IS
ANY HAVANA 00000622 002.3 OF 002 INDICATION, IT WAS A WISE MOVE. BETWEEN
FEBRUARY AND MAY THE NUMBER OF VISITS INCREASED FROM 11,800 TO 67,422--AND JUNE
IS ON TRACK TO EXCEED MAY'S RECORD BY A HEALTHY MARGIN. (COMMENT: BECAUSE
CONSENSO IS WEB-HOSTED OFF THE ISLAND, WE EXPECT MOST CUBANS ON THE ISLAND ARE
UNABLE TO BREAK THROUGH GOC INTERNET FILTERS TO ACCESS IT. STILL, WE HAVE HEARD
FROM CUBANS ON THE ISLAND THAT THEY ARE FAITHFUL READERS.)
--------------------------------------------- "PLURAL, RESPECTFUL, SERIOUS
AND INDEPENDENT" --------------------------------------------- ¶7. (U) BILLING ITSELF AS "A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND DEBATE ON
PROGRESSIVE CUBAN THINKING" CONSENSO ADDRESSES ISSUES ACROSS THE
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, ECOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL, ETHICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND
SPIRITUAL SPECTRA. CONSENSO CLAIMS TO BE "MORE A PARLIAMENT THAT EXAMINES
AND DISCUSSES THAN A TRIBUNAL WHERE ONE DENOUNCES AND ASSEMBLES...AND MORE AN
OBJECTIVE SEARCH THAN A PARTISAN INTENT; WITHOUT HEROIC HASTE BUT WITHOUT FEAR
OF THE TRUTH OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF SPEAKING IT." CONSENSO'S BOARD VALUES
ITS PLURALISM, NOTING CONSENSO "WILL ALWAYS HAVE SPACE FOR ALL TENDENCIES
WITHIN THE BROAD MEASURE OF DIFFERENT PROGRESSIVE CURRENTS...WORKING FOR CUBA'S
AND THE WORLD'S WELFARE, CULTURE, DEMOCRACY AND PEACE;" RESPECT, "BECAUSE
(CONSENSO) ALWAYS AVOIDS PERSONAL ATTACKS, VERBAL VIOLENCE AND INSULTS OF ANY
TYPE, SUCH AS THE VICE OF DISQUALIFYING THOSE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY;"
SERIOUSNESS, BECAUSE CONSENSO INSISTS THAT ITS CONTRIBUTORS SPECIFY WHERE THEY
OBTAINED THEIR FIGURES OR STATE WHY THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS RELIABLE
SOURCES; AND ITS INDEPENDENCE, "BECAUSE CONSENSO IS NOT OVERSEEN OR
AFFILIATED WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY, ORGANIZATION OR UNION--NOR DOES IT RECEIVE
FINANCING FROM ANY CUBAN INSTITUTION OR ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT." ¶8. (C) COMMENT: NOBODY LOOKS BAD IN THEIR OWN MEMCON. ESCOBAR HAD A STORY TO
TELL AND DID SO PERSUASIVELY. MOREOVER, ESCOBAR'S WEBSITE "WALKS THE
WALK" TO MATCH HIS "TALKING THE TALK," IN TERMS OF TAKING ON HOT
TOPICS. ACCEPTING VIEWS FROM ALL POINTS OF THE IDEOLOGICAL COMPASS WHILE
ENDORSING NONE OF THEM, CONSENSO'S EDITORS ARE STAKING THE PUBLICATION'S
SURVIVAL ON ITS IMPARTIALITY. THAT SAID, ONE WHO SPENDS ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN
CUBA DEVELOPS A HEALTHY CYNICISM. CONSENSO'S AIM TO CREATE A MARKETPLACE FOR
THE UNTRAMMELED EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN CUBA. THE MOST RECENT
ISSUES CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE CONSENSO'S EDITORS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE EFFORT.
INDEED, CONSENSO'S UNEQUIVOCAL STANCES ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES MAY SPELL AN
UNTIMELY DEMISE FOR CONSENSO BUT THE CONCEPT ESCOBAR AND HIS TEAM ESPOUSE WILL
NOT BE SO EASILY QUELLED IN THE LONG TERM. AT THE CLOSE OF HIS VISIT, ESCOBAR
SUBMITTED AN INTERVIEW REQUEST SOLICITING RESPONSES TO EIGHTEEN QUESTIONS
(SEPTEL). IT WARRANTS
SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. PARMLY
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