Cuba

Free Cuba Telecom Market Urged on Obama by AT&T, Nokia, Verizon

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:19:12 -0400

Full article: Bloomberg News
Jens Erik Gould
Nokia, AT&T and Verizon are urging the government to ease rules that keep them from operating in Cuba even after President Barack Obama loosened telecom regulations last year to promote democracy on the communist island.

Cuba Reports Little Internet and Telecom Progress

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:55:35 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Marc Frank
Cubans' ability to communicate with one another and the world remained well below the norm for the Caribbean and Latin America in 2009, according to a new government report.

Feingold Launches 'Spotlight on Spending' Series

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:08:54 -0500

Full article: Common Dreams
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) announced the launch of his "Spotlight on Spending" series to highlight actions Congress can take to reduce the deficit. The first featured provision is the elimination of the Radio and TV Martí, programs dating back to the Cold War that sends broadcasts into Cuba.

Obama Airs Cuba Views in Answers to Blogger

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:32 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Jose De Cordoba
President Barack Obama reached out to one of Cuba's most prominent dissidents, blogger Yoani Sanchez, and, in an interview posted on her popular blog, challenged the island's ruling gerontocracy to permit freedom of speech.

Cuba Blogger Cannot Receive Prize

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:17:21 -0400

Full article: BBC News
A dissident Cuban blogger cannot go to New York to receive a top journalism prize, after the authorities upheld a ban on her travel abroad.

Cuba Lags Region in Telecoms, Internet Access

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:11:28 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Marc Frank
Communist Cuba may boast a doctor on every block and schools for all its children, but when it comes to telephones, computers and the Internet it lags behind other countries in the hemisphere, a government report showed.

Blogger Yoani Sanchez Introduces Voces Cubanas

Stevie Converse — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:31:59 -0400

Full article: Global Voices
Claudia Cadelo
Yoanie Sanchez, Cuba's star blogger and the author of the blog Generacion Y, started the Voces Cubanas blogging platform to gather citizen journalists from across the island.

U.S. Telecoms Eager to Get Cuba on the Line

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:35:01 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Cecilia Kang
U.S. telecommunication firms could open up investment in Cuba now that the Obama administration will allow companies to operate there, a final global frontier for the Internet age. Cuba has the lowest percentage of telephone, Internet and cellphone subscribers in Latin America.

Lone Havana-Based U.S. Newspaper Reporter Is Coming Home

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:24:08 -0400

Full article: Broward Palm Beach
Bob Norman
In yet another symbol of the fall of American newspapers, the man billed as the "only U.S. reporter based in Havana" is leaving Cuba. The <em>Sun-Sentinel</em> is shutting down its bureau in Havana and bringing reporter Ray Sanchez, to work in Fort Lauderdale.

The Obama Telenovela

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:20:11 -0500

Full article: Columbia Journalism Review
Julia Loffe
The official press in Cuba has taken a cautious, even optimistic tone when describing President Barack Obama. It is unclear, however, if this signals a softening of the confrontational Castro line or is in response to Cubans' hunger for change and faith in Obama.