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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...

Cubans: Natural Hacker’s with Tied-up Hands

The Cuban populace has had connectivity issues with the 35 new Wi-Fi hotspots on the Island. Cuban state run journal Granma released an article on July 28th describing how the Cuban people are having a problematic time accessing these hotspots through their mobile...

Cuba’s Internet: Flying a Kite on a String

The Cuban government owned telecommunications provider Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA) apparently released an inequitable Internet plan for the Cuban populace. “The plan”, revealed on the website La Chiringa de Cuba on June 24th, states ETECSA will...

Connect Cuba breaking barriers on the island of the disconnected

The Connect Cuba campaign has teamed up with the Latin American Federation of Rural Women in Cuba (FLAMUR) to distribute dvds in rural parts of Cuba as part of the “Internet without Internet” project. This collaboration has resulted in the ability of...

Cuba’s regime is calling on the UN for an “urgent” action against the “threats” of the Internet

According to Diario de Cuba, “The regime in Havana on Wednesday called on the United Nations to take ‘effective and urgent’ steps to deal with ‘new threats related to information and communications technology.'”Havana denounced “the...