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Cuba Getting Internet Upstream Via Venezuela
An anonymous reader writes "Seems like Cuba is working around the US internet embargo by teaming up with Venezuela: A confidential contract released yesterday on Wikileaks reveals Cuba's plan to receive internet upstream via an undersea cable to Venezuela, thus circumventing the enduring embargo of the US, denying Cuba access to nearby American undersea cables and overcoming the current limits of satellite-only connectivity. The connection, to be delivered by CVG Telecom of Venezuela, is to be completed by 2010 and will provide data, video as well as voice service for both the public and governmental services."
The country is ruled by the rich, as are all Communist countries. The average Cuban makes on average $10 a month and can't even dream of owning a computer, the only time the average guy sees a computer is at the public Internet cafe, if he can afford it, and it's passed through a proxy server, just like China's, that removes pages that contain subversive words like freedom, equality, democracy. Removing any embargo will only make life more comfortable for the ruling %1 of Cuba and the rest of the ordinary citizens will still have nothing. Until the Communists are removed from Cuba it will continue to be a 3rd world country, as will all Communist countries, and I don't think that's necessarily a coincidence that all Communist countries are terrible places to live.
And please, no comments about how "the U.S. Is ruled by the rich" I'm pretty sure GWB will leave office when his term is up to allow another guy to be voted in to take his place, maybe even from the opposing party. You can't say the same for the life appointments of the dictators in Communist countries. Even if the leader mysteriously dies there is no chance of another party gaining control. And if you live in the U.S. you're making more than $10 a month even if you don't have a job!