OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
HAVANA (AP) — A top Cuban official said Friday that Raul Castro’s government would consider loosening Internet restrictions on ordinary citizens newly allowed to purchase computers - but Washington's decades-old economic embargo makes it impossible…. Share This
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A top Cuban official said Friday that Raul Castro's government would consider loosening Internet restrictions on ordinary citizens newly allowed to purchase computers - but Washington's decadesold economic embargo makes it impossible.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
A top Cuban official said Friday that Raul Castro's government would consider loosening Internet restrictions on ordinary citizens newly allowed to purchase computers - but Washington's decades-old economic embargo makes it impossible.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
A top Cuban official said Friday that Raul Castro's government would consider loosening Internet restrictions on ordinary citizens newly allowed to purchase computers— but Washington's decades-old economic embargo makes it impossible.
FDD (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
From Havana: Life under the cross-dressing Raul Castro continues to improve. Cuban government employees who are retired on pensions, which is much of the population, are going to get a monthly increase in June. That's the good news. The bad news is it will be about $1.95 cents. That brings the average monthly state pension up to around $9.50 cents. That's $9.50 cents… a month. And, in...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Amazing that anyone would flee Cuba now that the benevolent Raul Castro legalized DVD players and computers (though both DVDs and Internet connections are still out of the question and the average monthly wage remains around $19), but it appears that 2004 Olympic bronze medalist in judo Yurisel Laborde has defected to the Empire. Despite the supposed liberalization measures undertaken...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela is quietly emerging as one of the younger voices of Cuba's new leadership.
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Prime Minister Bruce Golding (left) and Cuban president, Raúl Castro, embrace. Jamaica Gleaner published: Sunday | May 11, 2008 insert bold tagsld;"> Arthur Hall, Senior Staff Reporter Signatures and signals. These words best describe the recently concluded Bruce Golding-led trip to Caribbean neighbour, Cuba. Five major agreements to increase cooperation between the two countries were...
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Here's some more footage of that democracy-building tourism in Cuba, this time from our friends in Canada. The strategy here is to bring human rights to the imprisoned island through talent shows at tourist resorts. I'm quite sure raul castro...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The rhetorical war between Washington and Havana has intensified again-- with Cuba accusing the United States of harboring terrorists and the Bush administration dismissing Raul Castro's reforms as empty gestures.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Prime Minister Bruce Golding might not be prepared to "walk to the mountain top" with Cuban President Raul Castro, but he is determined to increase the cooperation between Jamaica and its closest neighbour. Golding has also revealed that he is prepared to use Jamaica's influence...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday accused new Cuban leader Raul Castro of making empty gestures of reform by letting his people buy more consumer electronics but failing to grant them full democracy.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Bush tells business group that promotes Western hemisphere markets that unless Cuban government changes the way it treats its citizens, it will not be a land of prosperity.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
HAVANA (AP) -- Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro.
Donklephant (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
I wrote about Raul Castro’s decision to let Cubans own computers and cell phones, so this is more of a followup than anything. Welcome to the 21st century guys!
