Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Cuba Tightens it's Control Over the Internet
In reading the article I did about Cuba and it's control and tight lipping of the internet in Cuba, I found it to be somewhat of a smart decision and somewhat of a stupid decision.
" But President Fidel Castro's government, in power since a 1959 revolution, maintains that restricting access to the Internet is necessary for the social good in poor developing countries where the telecommunications infrastructure is insufficient. "
" But President Fidel Castro's government, in power since a 1959 revolution, maintains that restricting access to the Internet is necessary for the social good in poor developing countries where the telecommunications infrastructure is insufficient. "
In this instance, I have to agree. Put yourself in Castro's shoes. If you're a leader of a country who is trying to establish your own way of governing and the people you're trying to govern don't know any better, why make available an outlet for them to be able to see that there is better out there. Why make available an outlet to your country's people that could possibly show them a better life, thus revolting against you and everything you've been trying to preach to them. It is in that case which I agree with what Castro and the Cuban government did back when they did it.
But, on the other hand, I also think that this is also quite the dumb move. Now sure it's hard to build a poor country into something and you want to mold them so such a revolt isn't possible but sooner or later, the things you hide from your people will be made evident and will only result in a bad ending so, in this situation, making different types of technology available from the get go might be beneficial to you and your country not only in the short run, but in the long run as well.
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A good post. Castro should open up Cuba to the digital revolution and we should lift the sanctions that have crippled Cuba for decades. If we want Cuba to become less of a dictatorship then we have to allow as much movement of people, goods and information in and out of Cuba. This will be a bigger threat to Castro than the sanctions.
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