See all those languages? The Lingua project at Global Voices works to bring down barriers to understanding through translation.

Learn more about Lingua  »

Cuba: Further mistreatment of journalists and “internet apartheid”

Written byGeorgia Popplewell
Posted 4 August 2006 17:43 GMT

Marc Masferrer posts a couple of links to further instances of mistreatment of journalists attempting to cover the situation in Havana and republishes an article demonstrating the existence of “internet apartheid” in Cuba.

Categories

Regions
Topics
Creative Commons License
Written byGeorgia Popplewell

Support our work

Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders.

Please consider making a donation to help us continue this work.

Donate now

Recent Latin America Stories

More »

Top World Stories

1 comment

  • Pingback: the drop » Blog Archive » Bloggers Speculate about Fidel Castro’s Health

    […] Bloggers Speculate about Fidel Castro’s Health Cuban president Fidel Castro ceded power on Monday to his brother and chosen successor, Raul, to undergo surgery for stress-related intestinal bleeding. This is the first time Castro has relinquished any of his duties as head of the communist state since he came to power in 1959. Following news of Castro’s illness, Havana’s military comittee started moblizing young men registered to them. Cuban exiles have been gathering in the heart of Miami’s Little Havana district to celebrate what they preceive to be the demise of the Cuban president. Some even believe he is already dead. Castro’s estranged sister has hit out at the celebrations. Bloggers around the world are speculating about Castro’s condition and Cuba’s future. Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon says Castro is “Very Alive and Very Alert”. […]

    4 August 2006, 14:23 pm

Join the conversation

Authors, please log in »

Guidelines

  • All comments are reviewed by a moderator. Do not submit your comment more than once or it may be identified as spam.
  • Please treat others with respect. Comments containing hate speech, obscenity, and personal attacks will not be approved.

This site is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Please read our attribution policy to learn about freely redistributing our work Creative Commons License Some Rights Reserved