“Part of the hostile US policy is to frustrate exchanges with the island by means of pressures exerted on other governments, and includes the persecution of commercial, economic and financial actions against Cuba…the most difficult challenge Cuba faces is because of the US blockade that forces Cuba to access the Internet via satellite instead of by underwater fiber optic cables”.
However, the Castro administration is entering in a new venture with the Venezuelan government in converting computers used by the state to open-source software. In doing so, both countries would join other nations such as
Here is a stirring video (via YouTube) where a student publicly speaks to a Cuban minister and defends Internet usage as a “weapon for combat” in the “fight for truth.”
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Totally unrelated but very interesting: Evo Morales offers support to Rigoberta Menchu.
http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2007/febrero/17/163746.html
(I was looking for an e-mail address to mail this link to you, but couldn't find it on the blog...)
Thanks for the heads up. I added our e-mail address to the blog header. (I'm absolutely terrible with HTML!)
if you need HTML help, drop me a mail ;)
Chapin- if you can could you please send me your e-mail address?I've got a question to ask you.
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