Protect Office of Cuba Broadcasting from closure and RIFs
Mandate treats OCB/Martí as a critical truth channel threatened by Biden-era closure threats, budget constraints, and reductions in force, and frames hostility to OCB as mismanagement to reverse.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 8 (Media Agencies / USAGM) — Office of Cuba Broadcasting: OCB remains critical avenue of truth to Cuban people but threatened with crippling budget/operational constraints and closure threats during Biden Administration, plus chilling RIFs; bright spots within OCB are often stifled.
Undo plan
1) Maintain OCB under professional journalistic standards without converting Martí into a partisan propaganda shop.
2) Restore adequate staffing through merit hiring, not loyalty tests.
3) Separate Cuba policy advocacy from newsroom autonomy.
4) Require audience-impact and security assessments before major RIFs.
5) Verify: independent listenership/viewership metrics and editorial standards audits.