After Google took down Cubadebate’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, the web was alive with protest. By Friday afternoon, nearly 2,000… Read more Is Google really the latest threat to freedom of expression in Cuba?
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On Global Voices: Cubadebate’s YouTube channel taken down
On Wednesday of this week, Google (operator of YouTube) took down the channel of Cubadebate, one of the larger state-run… Read more On Global Voices: Cubadebate’s YouTube channel taken down
On Global Voices: Cuba, USINT, and Wikileaks
My most recent Global Voices post, “Cuba: Cables Reveal Government Sees Bloggers as ‘Most Serious Challenge,’” looks at several cables… Read more On Global Voices: Cuba, USINT, and Wikileaks
Wikileaks and Cuba: what if there were no documents to be leaked?
I have a lot to say about Wikileaks as far as Cuba is concerned, but rather than squawking about whether… Read more Wikileaks and Cuba: what if there were no documents to be leaked?
Another utopia? Yoani on neoliberalism in Cuba
Yoani Sánchez recently imagined for her readers a blissful, free market-economic future for Cuba. Entitled “Neoliberalismo,” the post hailed Cuba’s… Read more Another utopia? Yoani on neoliberalism in Cuba
The Internet will not be socialized (for now)
Over the last four years, the Cuban and Venezuelan governments have been planning to build a submarine fiber optic cable… Read more The Internet will not be socialized (for now)
A market in broad daylight
Two weeks ago, Cuban government officials announced plans to expand Cuba’s private sector by issuing more permits for private businesses… Read more A market in broad daylight
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