Cuba received widespread condemnation in early January when it implemented a ban on ordinary Cubans using the Internet.
Under a law that went into effect on January 18, 2004, only people with special authorization from the government will be allowed to have Internet access.
Technically, access to the Internet in Cuba has always required government […]
The United Nations development summit in Monterrey, Mexico, wound up at the end of March with 60 countries agreeing to a broad set of principles to boost foreign aid and help the developing country. Even the United States agreed to increase by $5 billion its foreign aid. But the results of the summit were decidedly […]
Recently released statistics on the infant mortality rate in the Western hemisphere yielded an odd conclusions — Cuba’s infant mortality rate, 16 6.0 per 1,000, is now lower than the U.S. infant mortality rate, at 7.2 per 1,000. Given Cuba’s poverty level, its 6.0 rate is very impressive, but is it accurate to say that […]