Around this time last year, I had a meeting with a graphic designer who had come to my former office… Read more Take a closer look, freedom-lovers
Category: Technology in Cuba
The cyberwar continues
Two weeks ago, AP’s Desmond Butler obtained copies of several reports filed by USAID subcontractor Alan Gross on his ultimately… Read more The cyberwar continues
In Cuba, art is a public good (but the Internet will have to wait)
In addition to triggering the greatest civic hell-raising in Internet history and inspiring numerous nonsensical quips about Latin cuisine and… Read more In Cuba, art is a public good (but the Internet will have to wait)
Free isn’t easy
As I study Internet use and human rights in different parts of the world, I am routinely struck by how… Read more Free isn’t easy
All politics are local, and maybe personal too
When I met Roger, a blogger and IT specialist in Cuba, we sat and talked in a little park in… Read more All politics are local, and maybe personal too
This Cold War isn’t over yet
This week on Global Voices I interviewed Tracey Eaton, a journalist and blogger who recently began the Cuba Money Project,… Read more This Cold War isn’t over yet
Sleeping at Martí’s feet
Last Sunday, people celebrated International Worker’s Day around the world, and in Havana. Seven years ago on May 1, I… Read more Sleeping at Martí’s feet