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Cuban Regime Creates Union of “I.T. Professionals” to Defend “Sovereignty”

As published in Diario de Cuba, Havana announced on Monday the establishment of a new worker’s union specifically for information technology (I.T.) professionals “The Informatics Union of Cuba.” During the official “constitutional...

Open Letter: Connect Cuba to ETECSA…Regarding the Logo

February 9th, 2016 Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA)Centro de Negocios Miramaredificio Beijing, 5to pisoAve 3ra, e/ 76 y 78Playa, La Habana. CP. 11300CUBADear ETECSA:We have discovered, via your official web portal “CubaSi.cu,” that you...

Workaround for 2.6 Million Cubans Who Want to Get a Peak at the Web

As published in Vice Motherboard, a nonprofit Miami based startup Apretaste, has “set up a system to allow Cubans to browse the web via email, which more people have access to. Only about 400,000 Cubans can freely browse the web, according to Apretaste, but 2.6...

“Determination, Patience,” Two Key Requisites for Accessing Limited Havana Wi-Fi

As published in WPLG Local 10, “Cuba has some of the lowest levels of connectivity worldwide. The government’s ETECSA runs a telecommunications monopoly. And when Google offered to improve the island’s Internet infrastructure free of charge, Raul...

After Several Days of Complaints, Cuba’s State Run Telecom Monopoly Admits to “Technical Failure”

As reported in Diario de Cuba, “after several days of complaints from users, the state telecommunications monopoly (ETECSA) admitted on Tuesday to ‘irregularities’ in their e-mail service.”In a note published in government run Cuban media,...