This article is the first in-depth study of Cuba's revolutionary news agency, Prensa Latina. Drawing on a wide variety of archival and published sources, including Cuban media and memoirs, declassified intelligence reports, U.S. State Department records, and newspaper articles from across Latin America, the article analyzes the agency's controversial creation, international reception, and significance. The evidence presented here shows that Prensa Latina was a powerful weapon in Fidel Castro's revolutionary arsenal because it provided a way for the Cuban government to gather and shape information and garner international support. Studying the history of Prensa Latina provides new insight into the production, circulation, reception, restriction, and manipulation of information during the Cold War. The Cuban agency's efforts to reshape the international flow of information posed a clear challenge both to the traditional media and to Castro's enemies across the Americas, spurring them to pursue a wide variety of tactics to silence Prensa Latina.

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革命将被电传：古巴拉丁新闻社与冷战信息争夺战

本文是对古巴革命通讯社Prensa Latina 的首次深入研究。文章利用各种档案和出版资源，包括古巴媒体和回忆录、解密的情报报告、美国国务院记录和拉丁美洲各地的报纸文章，分析了该机构有争议的创建、国际接受度和重要性。这里提供的证据表明，Prensa Latina 是菲德尔·卡斯特罗革命武库中的强大武器，因为它为古巴政府提供了一种收集和塑造信息并获得国际支持的方式。研究拉丁舞的历史为冷战期间信息的生产、流通、接收、限制和操纵提供了新的见解。古巴机构”