Cuba USA
Havana Times has a review of "Ojos que te miran: Entre redes" (Eyes That Look at You: Among the Networks), a 13 minute documentary on Internet access in Cuba.
The documentary points out the well known limitations on Cuban Internet access and questions the value of the computer training students receive in school for future application and employment if they cannot use the Internet after graduation. (We have discussed the cost of training on obsolete technology in an earlier post).
This is one in a series of twelve short documentaries called "Ojos que te miran" addressing social issues of concern to young Cubans. Cuban filmaker Rigoberto Senarega heads the project.
I tried to find the documentaries online or to get contact information for Senagega or the author of the Havana Times article, but failed. Has anyone seen this documentary?
TV Martí has produced a 3½ minute video featuring snippets of man-in-the-street interviews of Cubans in Guantanmo. The interviewees either do not know what the Internet is or find it generally out of their reach. While that is true, the impact of the video is reduced by the fact that it is from TV Martí.
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- Young Professionals Online In Havana
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- Npr: In Cuba, Dial-up Internet Is A Luxury
NPR aired a five minute segment by correspondent Nick Miroff on the state of the Cuban Internet. Miroff portrays Internet access as expensive and limited, as illustrated by this photo of Cubans waiting to get online at a Havana cybercafe. He also points...
Cuba USA
Two videos say Internet access in Cuba is rare and difficult -- duh
The documentary points out the well known limitations on Cuban Internet access and questions the value of the computer training students receive in school for future application and employment if they cannot use the Internet after graduation. (We have discussed the cost of training on obsolete technology in an earlier post).
This is one in a series of twelve short documentaries called "Ojos que te miran" addressing social issues of concern to young Cubans. Cuban filmaker Rigoberto Senarega heads the project.
I tried to find the documentaries online or to get contact information for Senagega or the author of the Havana Times article, but failed. Has anyone seen this documentary?
TV Martí has produced a 3½ minute video featuring snippets of man-in-the-street interviews of Cubans in Guantanmo. The interviewees either do not know what the Internet is or find it generally out of their reach. While that is true, the impact of the video is reduced by the fact that it is from TV Martí.
- Improved Internet Connectivity Is Coming To Four Cuban Universities.
Minister of Higher Education (MES), Rodolfo Alarcón Ortiz, has authorized on-campus Internet access for all teachers, researchers and students at the universities of Havana (UH), Computer Science (UCI) and the East and at the Higher Polytechnic Institute...
- Granma Says It Is Now A Priority -- Is This True Change?
An article in Granma says the "informatización" of society is a priority for Cuba. They say the 154 public "navigation" rooms were a trial balloon -- it is not clear whether they were referring to the technology or public acceptance -- but evidently...
- Young Professionals Online In Havana
I've come across a video and a short post that give a sense of what it is like to get Internet access in Cuba. The short post describes a frustrating session at an Internet access centers. It reminded me immediately of a time I tried to exchange...
- Why Now?
There has not been much Cuban Internet news lately, but on November 2, Granma published a statement by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs targeting the U. S. Interests Section's Internet activity. (Spanish, English) The statement accuses the Interests...
- Npr: In Cuba, Dial-up Internet Is A Luxury
NPR aired a five minute segment by correspondent Nick Miroff on the state of the Cuban Internet. Miroff portrays Internet access as expensive and limited, as illustrated by this photo of Cubans waiting to get online at a Havana cybercafe. He also points...