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Cuban women’s group empowering people through “internet without internet” campaign

The Latin American Federation of Rural Women (FLAMUR) believes that “access to information of the Cuban people is vital to their empowerment and freedom.” To achieve this goal FLAMUR has launched an “internet without internet” campaign, in...

Young Guatemalan of Cuban descent promotes internet / new technology as way to empower LatAm youth

According to the PanAm Post, Gloria Álvarez, a Guatemalan whose father is Cuban and mother is Hungarian, is a “political scientist whose speech against populism has gone viral, inspiring almost a million people across social networks…”Álvarez is an...

Slow Cuba investment raises red flags: Telecom a key factor

According to USA Today, “Although companies such as MasterCard, American Express, Netflix and Twitter have announced plans to expand operations in Cuba, they can’t flourish on the island until two essential U.S. industries get on board: banking and...

University of Havana dean makes plea to abandon “internet prejudice” in Cuba

According to Diaro de Cuba in a report originally published by AFP, yesterday “Raúl Garcés, dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Havana and panelist on Cuban talk show Mesa Redonda, called to abandon prejudices and fears of future massive...

Dagoberto Valdés: “Sowing seeds of democracy in Cuba”

In a special report for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish language daily describes human rights activist and Catholic intellectual Dagoberto Valdés, as a man on a mission who, around the fertile sugar and tobacco fields of Guanajay, Cuba is “sowing seeds of democracy...