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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Cuba's recent social and economic reform does not include allowing greater access to the Internet. "Cuba is not concerned with the individual connection of its citizens to the Internet," said deputy minister for Computer Science and Communications, Boris Moreno. According to Moreno Internet is used to defend the Revolution and the principles cuba believes in and have defended all these years. He said preferential access to the Internet went to medical centers, scientific facilities and schools. Rights groups such as Reporters without Borders and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission have criticized Cuba for its tight regulation of the Internet. Internet access is available in some hotel lobbies for short periods of Time, but paid for in hard currency. The price is astronomical for most Cubans who earn the equivalent of less than 20 US dollars a month. Cuba blames US sanctions for not allowing more abundant and affordable Internet access, claiming it is forced to use costlier satellite access.
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