By Ingrid Bachmann
Carlos García-Pérez, member of the influential National Cuban American Foundation (FNCA), on Wednesday, Sept. 22, was confirmed as head of Radio and TV Martí, stations financed by the U.S. government to counteract the censorship in Cuba.
García-Pérez, a Cuban-American lawyer, has been working in a law firm in Puerto Rico, explained The Miami Herald. He replaces Pedro Roig, who quit in August. Radio and TV Martí is part of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
