The Cuban Revolution showed that it was possible to change Latin America's dependence on the big Western news agencies, and Prensa Latina was the first step in that direction, according to US historian Renata Keller.
 
In this regard, the associate professor at the University of Nevada recalled the leading role of Fidel Castro, who, even before the revolutionary triumph in 1959, acknowledged the importance of international media to confront the anti-Cuba campaigns by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).