<p>On April 6, 1960, a U.S. diplomat named Lester Mallory wrote a secret memo about Cuba. Subject line: "The Decline and Fall of Castro."</p><p>Make Cubans unhappy, argued the memo, which was a precursor to the U.S. embargo. Saddle them with "economic dissatisfaction and hardship." They'll sour on Fidel Castro.</p><p>Or, others thought, get him with an exploding cigar. Contaminate his scuba suit with tuberculosis. Have the Mafia off him.</p><p>More than half a century later, the U.S. government seems to have come up with a much more modern and techie approach: Tweet him off the island.</p><p><a href="http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/04/04/usaids-cuban-twitter-draws-criticism-derision">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/04/the-dangerous-absurdity-of-the-secret-cuban-twitter.html">The Dangerous Absurdity of the Secret "Cuban Twitter"</a> (New Yorker (blog))</p><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/03/technology/cuban-twitter/">US denies trying to overthrow Castro with Twitter clone</a> (CNNMoney)</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/white-house-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-covert">White House denies &#039;Cuban Twitter&#039; ZunZuneo programme was covert</a> (The Guardian)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-XKIz0kPRH98TMiUQh1mIkGP7SyM&authuser=0&ned=us">981 additional articles.</a></p>