on september 8, 2006, the "miami herald"s president jesús díaz, jr. fired three journalists because they had allegedly been paid by the united states government to work for anti-cuba propaganda tv and radio channels. the three were pablo alfonso, wilfredo cancio isla and olga connor. less than a month later, responding to pressure from the cuban community in miami, díaz resigned after reinstating the fired journalists. nevertheless, he continues to claim that such payments, especially if made from organs of the state, violate the principles of journalistic independence. at least seven other journalists who do not work at the "herald", namely miguel cossio, carlos alberto montaner, juan manuel cao, ariel remos, omar claro, helen aguirre ferre, paul crespo, and ninoska perez-castellón, were also paid for programs on radio martí or tv martí, both financed by the government of the united states through the broadcasting board of governors, receiving a total of between 15,000 and 175,000 since 2001.