Internet, the thorn in the side of Cuba s one party state
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21/04/2021 - 03:49 Since 2018, young Cubans have been able to connect to the internet through 3G on their phones YAMIL LAGE AFP 4 min
Havana (AFP)
Cuba s communist leadership has always viewed the internet with suspicion while trying desperately to control it.
Raul Castro, the former president and leader of the Communist Party, who officially retired on Monday, has blasted the medium for lies, manipulation and subversion.
But for Cuba s 11.2 million people who have long been amongst the least connected people on the planet, the internet has become a favorite tool of the outlawed opposition.
Internet, The Thorn In The Side Of Cubas One Party State
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The Castro brothers ruled Cuba for more than six decades. The results have not been pretty. An island impoverished in body and mind. Even artists have been protesting of late, punished by the security forces for having the temerity to question the communist authorities.
However, change is in the offing. Fidel died in 2016. A petty tyrant compared to the 20th Century’s murderous triad of Hitler‐Mao‐Stalin, he still oppressed millions. Raul, longtime defense minister before succeeding his brother as president and communist party head, quit the former three years ago and resigned the latter last week. Although his children are influential, they will not succeed him. Cuba will no longer belong politically to the Castro family. He said he would turn power over to younger officials “full of passion and anti‐imperialist spirit,” meaning willing to continue holding the Cuban people in brutal bondage.
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The Castro brothers ruled Cuba for more than six decades. The results have not been pretty. An island impoverished in body and mind. Even artists have been protesting of late, punished by the security forces for having the temerity to question the communist authorities.
However, change is in the offing. Fidel died in 2016. A petty tyrant compared to the 20
th Century’s murderous triad of Hitler-Mao-Stalin, he still oppressed millions. Raul, longtime defense minister before succeeding his brother as president and communist party head, quit the former three years ago and resigned the latter last week. Although his children are influential, they will not succeed