The U.S. Agency for International Development confirmed Thursday that it has worked to create a Cuban version of Twitter called Zunzuneo, but denied the project had anything to do with sending politically charged messages to the country.
The Associated Press first broke the story, which has generated a different kind of buzz than the agency was hoping for on the day of USAID's public launch of its long-awaited Global Development Lab.
AP suggests that USAID’s social media initiative in Cuba may be covert and illegal, and cited lawmakers voicing concerns.