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Cuba and the Internet: A question of business and human rights

As published in NPR, “when Cuban bikini maker Victor Rodríguez visited Miami this month, he was on a pilgrimage — not just for bathing suits but for bandwidth.””The most important stop on Rodríguez’s schedule was lunch in Wynwood, Miami’s...

Cuba technology remains “stuck in the past”

As published in the International Business Times, “Orlando Matillo hit the refresh button and stared hopefully at the screen of his laptop personal computer. He had been attempting to connect to Facebook and talk with family overseas for more than an hour...

Underground network administrators offer to “Connect Cuba”

According to the recent CubaNet article, the “new measures and thawing of relations between the governments of Cuba and the United States have planted hope among young Cubans.” As a matter of fact some are now arguing even “in the short term Cubans...

#FreeElSexto goes viral to free imprisoned artist & open internet activist

As reported in Martí News, “solidarity with graphic artist Danilo Maldonado, jailed since late December 2014 while attempting to carry out a performance in a central Havana park, keeps pushing ahead on social networks.On both Twitter and Facebook, Cubans demand...

Wi-Fi for Cubans…at unattainable prices.

According CubaNet, an employee of Cuba’s state owned telecommunications monopoly (ETECSA) said “they are expected to begin marketing Internet access via Wi-Fi for Cubans on January 15th of next year.”The article further explains that “Wilfredo...