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  • 'Informaticos' in Cuba route around tyranny via Web

    11/27/2003 7:23:13 AM PST · by CubaDemocratica · 4 replies · 199+ views
    Tallahasse Democrat / Special to the Democrat ^ | Wed, Nov. 26, 2003 | Garrett Glass
    In Cuba, the Internet has become the latest battleground in that country's quiet struggle for freedom. With World Wide Web access restricted to only a few government-controlled web sites, increasing numbers of Cubans are hacking through President Fidel Castro's censorship. While many in the Western world use the Internet for trivial reasons - such as chat rooms and file sharing - in Cuba, it has become a powerful weapon of liberation from government control. The Internet offers ordinary Cubans a way to escape the clutches of a totalitarian society that regulates all flow of information. They can access unfiltered news...