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Fidel Castro, Internet News Junkie
pickens writes "The LA Times reports that 84-year-old Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro consumes 200 to 300 news items a day on the World Wide Web. In a recent interview he called Web communication 'the most powerful weapon that has existed' and extolled its power to break a stranglehold on the media by 'the empire' and 'ambitious private groups that have abused it' adding that the Internet 'has put an end to secrets.... We are seeing a high level of investigative journalism, as the New York Times calls it, that is within reach of the whole world.' Well, not the whole world. Cuba has the lowest level of Internet penetration in the Western Hemisphere (lower than Haiti), plus severe government restrictions and censorship affecting those who do have access. In addition Cuban law bans using the Internet to spread information that is against what the government considers to be the social interest, norms of good behavior, the integrity of the people or national security."
Is it possible that Fidel is simply not aware of the state of the country he used to run? Is it possible this has been the case for a long time - possibly even longer than he has been publicly seen to be an invalid?
If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
Yeah, but this guy *reads*! Compare that to the last pres. the US had! Makes him kinda less evil :)
Delta-Mike November Bravo Tango
Wait until he gets his hands on WoW....
Fidel Castro consumes 200 to 300 news items a day on the World Wide Web.
He was much cooler, when he was consuming 200 to 300 cigars a day.
The next report will be that he is living in his mom's basement . . .
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
PART III Article 12 Paragraph 3.
The above-mentioned rights shall not be subject to any restrictions except those which are provided by law, are necessary to protect national security, public order (ordre public), public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others, and are consistent with the other rights recognized in the present Covenant.
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He's probably reading this?
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Send some cigars!
Dammit Fidel, don't you have some reading to catch up on?