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07 Mar 08
Cuba's digital underground finds its voice - International Herald Tribune
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Last month, students at a prestigious computer science university videotaped an ugly confrontation they had with Ricardo Alarcón, the president of the National Assembly. Alarcón seemed flummoxed when students grilled him on why they could not travel abroad, stay at hotels, earn better wages or use search engines like Google. The video spread like wildfire through Havana, passed from person to person, and seriously damaged Alarcón's reputation in some circles.
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Cuban officials have long limited the public's access to the Internet and digital videos, tearing down unauthorized satellite dishes and keeping down the number of Internet cafés open to Cubans.
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