tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post1385566264259946895..comments2023-10-26T02:13:30.025-07:00Comments on A View to the South: Venezuela: Huge Gains Made During Chavez's 10 Yearsleftsidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-76914970740324207572009-02-12T05:44:00.000-08:002009-02-12T05:44:00.000-08:00http://news.cnet.com/Cuba-looks-to-expand-Internet...http://news.cnet.com/Cuba-looks-to-expand-Internet-access/2100-1034_3-6248953.htmljsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-85763727486041991932009-02-12T05:43:00.000-08:002009-02-12T05:43:00.000-08:00Except he also said:"we're not going to permit acc...Except he also said:<BR/><BR/>"we're not going to permit access to sites that stimulate terrorism and encourage subversion of the established order," <BR/><BR/>We may see that broad swaths of legitimate sites will be defined as subversive. If so, I'm glad you will be finally criticizing the government for it. You promised us you would.jsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-57693447538711348682009-02-11T11:35:00.000-08:002009-02-11T11:35:00.000-08:00Communications minister Ramiro Valdes was later in...Communications minister Ramiro Valdes was later interviewed by Reuters and his message was a little different: “conceptually,” there’s no policy against broader access, he said, and the “restrictions are technological and economical.” As opposed to ideological, we can guess.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-68264491206935938192009-02-10T15:47:00.000-08:002009-02-10T15:47:00.000-08:00You yourself said they'd have no excuse. So we'll ...You yourself said they'd have no excuse. So we'll see.jsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-44381507423085091832009-02-10T11:34:00.000-08:002009-02-10T11:34:00.000-08:00In fact the Cuban statement was widely misquoted. ...In fact the Cuban statement was widely misquoted. They said nothing categorical about the restricts and said increasing internet usage is a top priority. <BR/><BR/><I>Havana, Feb 6 (EFE<BR/>In a statement to Juventud Rebelde, the deputy minister of communications, Boris Moreno, said that the possibility of opening individual access to the Internet "is not being discarded, although it's something about which no measures have currently been adopted."<BR/><BR/>Cuba would "first have to have guarantees from the technical and economic points of view that it is possible to support that service, as we did with mobile telephony," he said.</I>leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574722.post-24460753411913808662009-02-08T11:24:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:24:00.000-08:00Old topic:Cuba to continue censorship even AFTER f...Old topic:<BR/><BR/>Cuba to continue censorship even AFTER fiber optic cable run from Venezuela. At least we know you'll finally be standing up to this once the cable is laid.<BR/><BR/>http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4Im-pal7SwXM14VPiwpDLTMbvxwjsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.com