Cuba cheers collapse of US-funded media following Trump cuts


HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban state-run media on Wednesday cheered the Trump administration's decision to gut U.S.-funded media outlets long heralded as a cornerstone of Washington's effort to promote its viewpoint in communist-run Cuba.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued an order last week to vastly reduce the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), a nearly $1 billion operation that oversees news broadcasts in 50 languages.

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