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NPR is in Cuba for a week, and a segment on today's Morning Edition program touched on the Internet. Josefina Vidal, Cuban director of US relations said "one of the reasons" for Cuban's inability to access the Internet was the US embargo blocking access to underwater cables, but she did not elaborate on the other reasons nor did the interviewer, David Greene, push her and forgot to mention the ALBA-1 cable.
She also denounced USAID efforts like Alan Gross bringing equipment into the country and the more recent revelation of their covert sponsorship of Zunzuneo.
The segment concluded with a USAID official saying "The US will continue to support the Cuban people's ability to communicate with one another."
When Greene suggested that the Castro administration was using the embargo as an excuse for their poor economy, Vidal challenged the US to drop it and see what happened.
I wish Greene had challenged her to allow Cubans to have satellite Internet accounts -- I'd like to see what would happen.
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She also denounced USAID efforts like Alan Gross bringing equipment into the country and the more recent revelation of their covert sponsorship of Zunzuneo.
The segment concluded with a USAID official saying "The US will continue to support the Cuban people's ability to communicate with one another."
When Greene suggested that the Castro administration was using the embargo as an excuse for their poor economy, Vidal challenged the US to drop it and see what happened.
I wish Greene had challenged her to allow Cubans to have satellite Internet accounts -- I'd like to see what would happen.
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