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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chalu2 who wrote (6490)	5/28/2000 9:37:00 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

How many Cubans are here on SI??

To: chalu2 who wrote (6490)	5/28/2000 12:14:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Chalu2, thanks for the links, interesting. Let me ask you this. What do you think would happen to you if you started an internet site which was critical of the Castro government? Michael

To: chalu2 who wrote (6490)	5/28/2000 12:39:00 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

Actually, chalu, this is not true in the sense you're presenting it ... as i understand it [and i've only recently begun to look into it] there are internet connections, but only in ministerios and libraries and the like ... it's all quite controlled, and while unspoken everyone knows that the Seguridad is quite capable of tracing to the sender/recipient anything they don't like ... the lack of widespread availability of net connections is beyond that explained by the poverty [although that is a factor, for sure], as quite relatively poor people in nearby latino nations are on the net, which is growing faster in Iberoam‚rica than anywhere else .... lots on the net on this - cnnenespanol.com The culture of extreme freedom of speech with which we associate the net does not exist in Cuba, and won't under Castro, imho ... unless he woke up ... but don't hold your breath on that.