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In a welcome course correction, MundoFox included perspectives critical of Obama’s policy toward Cuba in its national evening newscast. After a slanted report last week that hyped the Obama-Castro rapprochement and solely featured Castro and his supporters on touting the removal of the Cuban regime from the United States’ list of countries that sponsor terrorism, the network has now produced a balanced, comprehensive piece on economic and political developments on the island, including mounting concerns over human rights violations.
Anchor Rolando Nichols opened the network’s latest coverage by pointing out that “not all agree with President Obama’s policy toward Cuba.” In the back-to-back reports that followed by reporters María Luisa Rossel in Washington and Orlando Guerrero in Miami, MundoFox highlighted both the economic hopes that Obama’s policies may mean for Cuba, as well as the challenges of necessary reforms. In her report, Rossel noted that “Congress is not ready to lift the embargo” and interviewed analyst Carlos Mercader, who emphasized Cuba’s lack of basic liberties and systematic violations of human rights.
