INTERNET ACCESS WITHERS

Today’s Chicago Tribune has an article about Cubans’ limited access to the Internet:

 At a government-run Internet cafe inside a Havana post office, the 1,942 Cubans signed up to use the computers were left with a question this summer: Why had the government abruptly cut their Internet access, leaving them only with e-mail on a state account?  At this and three other public centers in Havana no longer on the Web, managers and clientele could only speculate why: Did demand exceed the woeful infrastructure?  Or was it the latest example of information control in the communist nation, as Internet rumors abound about Fidel Castro’s illness and prognosis?  Did the communications minister make good on a February pronouncement that the Internet “can and must be controlled”?  “They don’t want us to see the critical press,” one man said.  “They want to keep us in darkness,” said another, adding that his e-mails can be more easily monitored.  Not even two employees at the post office knew why they lost Web surfing in early July.  “I don’t think there should be any limitations because it’s not good for cultural advancement,” one manager said.

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