Martí Noticias

Martí Noticias is the news Arm of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), a federal US government broadcaster within the US Agency for Global Media. Founded as Radio Martí in 1985 and joined by TV Martí and the Martí Noticias website, the outlet broadcasts Spanish-language programming into Cuba via shortwave, satellite and online distribution, with editorial direction aimed at providing news the Cuban state media does not carry.

Martí Noticias's 13 May 2026 reporting from Brussels documented the Acuerdo de Liberación handover by the Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos, Cuba Decide, Alianza de Cristianos de Cuba and Christian Solidarity Worldwide to EU Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren. The outlet's Spanish-language coverage drew on direct reporting in Brussels and quoted the Coalition's demand for EU asset freezes on named Cuban officials.

Martí Noticias operates under US federal funding, which Cuban state media routinely cites to dismiss its reporting as US-government propaganda. Lowdown treats Martí Noticias as a citable diaspora-funded outlet under the same standards as 14ymedio, ADN Cuba, CiberCuba and CubaNet, applying the double-source rule: a Martí report is corroborated against independent reporting (Reuters, AP, AFP, EFE) or primary sources before being treated as established fact.