And we are supposed to be getting closer to Cuba?? --- we're not their keeper
On Dec 16, 10:15 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------+ > | Cuba Jails US Worker Handing Out Laptops, Cellphones > | > | from the most-of-us-would-be-guilty-of-that-crime dept. > | > | posted by kdawson on Monday December 14, @19:15 (Censorship) > | > |https://politics.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/2315233/Cuba-Jails-US-Wo... > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------+ > > eldavojohn writes "An American citizen working as a contractor for the > United States Agency for International Development has been [0]arrested > for giving away laptops and cellphones in Cuba. The intent was to enable > activists to connect with each other and spread information of what's > happening inside Cuba. From the article: 'Cellphones and laptops are > legal in Cuba, though they are new and coveted commodities in a country > where the average worker's wage is $15 a month. The Cuban government > granted ordinary citizens the right to buy cellphones just last year; > they are used mostly for texting, because a 15-minute phone conversation > would eat up a day's wages.' A Representative on the House Foreign > Affairs Committee said the arrest was 'no surprise' while a human rights > watch group cited a [1]report outlining the Cuban Criminal Code offense > of 'dangerousness,' which is most likely the one for which this > individual was detained. There is at present no way to contact the > individual nor official word on why he was detained." The article quotes > an actvist with Human Rights Watch who said that "any solution to the > contractor's case would probably be political" and that "the Cuban > government often provokes a negative reaction in the United States just > as [the two] countries begin to move toward more dialogue." > > Discuss this story at: > http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/12/14/2315233 > > Links: > > 0.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/12/AR200... > 1.http://www.hrw.org/en/node/86554 -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
