Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Cuba's lock down on the internet..
"Cuba has been connected to the Internet since last Friday, turning into
a reality what had been a dream for so long: having access to an international
patrimony of knowledge used by some 36 million clients of 160 nations. As a
result of the efforts of hundreds of specialists, Cuba will have access from now
on to some 34,000 databases of the most ample spectrum of social, political,
economic, scientific, and sports information." - Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
October 11, 1996 "Cuba the Lost and deserted Island, Patrick Symmes wrote "the island of Cuba sits slightly to the past of the present" Here in our nation we are at the turning point of digital revolution, a time when children are being taught how to use programs at a very young age; and 90 miles away from Florida there's an island that suppresses these skills. Now Cuba has been introduced to the internet, but not for long, its suppression and fear of a revolution has turn the world wide web away from the Cubano. Capitalism is what Cuba needs, Fiedel now this, though his currency now flows through international investment and tourism. These form of investment thrive through communication and precision, only the internet could provide that. Now this could be good for Castro financially or politically devastating. The internet has arrived since 1996 10 years now;"on an island with 11 million people, there are roughly 200 lucky (and politically approved) scientists, medical researchers, and government officials with access to the World Wide Web from their desktops, plus another 5,000 or so email addresses." The form of Cyber freedom is weak... There's no real information being passed to these people. In a society so suppressed from other nations and states, where the government controls society in a whole, what would happen if the full freedom of the world wide web were to be exposed..? Maybe no more Castro, a Cuban Revolution? Cuba is at war with the internet. A fight that must be won and controlled if Cuban wants to continue its regime. The fight for Cuba is on... The thought that technology itself as being the one thing that liberates Cuban is amazing.
