[Link] Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Cubans used to joke about Napoleon Bonaparte chatting to Mikhail Gorbachev, George W Bush and Fidel Castro in the afterlife. “If I’d have had your prudence, I’d never have fought Waterloo,” the French emperor tells the last Soviet leader.

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[Link] Cuba’s Social Media Blackout Reflects an Alarming New Normal

Read: 27/7/2021 www.wired.com

With protests erupting around Cuba on Sunday over the country's economic crisis, food shortages, and Covid-19 infection spike, the island nation's ruling party responded by blocking access to Facebook, WhatsApp, and other popular communication and social media platforms.

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