Cuba: Can You Hear me Now?  · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

News that Cubans will now be allowed to buy cell phones has been met with differing reactions by Cuban bloggers…El Cafe Cubano: “Cubans on average earn about $20 a month and cell phones in Cuba are selling for $260 and above. Do the math…”; Uncommon Sense: “I do not begrude the Cubans for whom it means a better life.  But freedom is still outlawed and tyranny still reigns”; The Cuban Triangle: “Today’s decision, then, legalizes what was already a widespread reality. But it’s a positive step…”