Claim

Claim 869

Diario de la Marina answered in a September 29, 1959 editorial that the revolutionary government limited the press in ways short of formally shutting newspapers down, according to a CIA bulletin.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Diario de la Marina answered in a September 29, 1959 editorial that the revolutionary government limited the press in ways short of formally shutting newspapers down, according to a CIA bulletin.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Diario de la Marina's September 29 editorial answer
About: incident 1959-cuba-castro-criticizes-diario-de-la-marina
Source: CIA Central Intelligence Bulletin, 1 October 1959 (declassified)
Publisher: CIA Central Intelligence Bulletin, 1 October 1959 (declassified)
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1959-10-01

Quotation from the source

did not back down under the attack but charged ed- itorially on 29 September that press freedom is limited by the revolutionary government in many ways short of censor- Ship.