; Whereas United States broadcasts to Cuba were initiated to pierce the Castro regime’s information blockade to provide timely and reliable information to the Cuban people; Whereas the Office of Cuba Broadcasting oversees Radio and Television Martí; Whereas Radio and TV Martí are a multimedia hub of news, information, and analysis that provide the people of Cuba with interactive programs 7 days a week through satellite television and shortwave and AM radio, as well as through flash drives, emails, DVDs, and SMS text; Whereas Radio and TV Martí aim to inform and engage the people of Cuba by providing credible news and information that encourages freedom and democracy; Whereas the Office of Cuba Broadcasting uses shortwave, medium wave, direct-to-home satellite, satellite radio, internet, social media, flash drives, and DVDs to help reach audiences in Cuba; Whereas the Office of Cuba Broadcasting provides a critical service by connecting Cubans across provinces, and linking Cuban pro-democracy activists with an expanding worldwide network of activists engaged in their own struggles for freedom and human rights in their respective countries; Whereas Karen Caballero of Radio and TV Martí received the David Burke Award in 2012 for her inspired coverage of the Lights of Liberty Flotilla , a small group of boats with a mission to sail across the Florida Strait to bring attention to the solidarity between Cuban exiles and those on the island, and to the human rights abuses perpetrated by the regime in Cuba; Whereas, in 2017, Television Martí’s Alas de Libertad (Wings of Freedom), which documented activities of the Brigade 2506 Air Force division during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, received the Suncoast Regional Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences