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Ex-Cuba prisoner Gross criticizes U.S. plan to foster internet on island
Source: Reuters
#POLITICS FEBRUARY 4, 2018 / 7:15 AM / A DAY AGO
Ex-Cuba prisoner Gross criticizes U.S. plan to foster internet on island
Sarah Marsh
4 MIN READ
HAVANA (Reuters) - When Alan Gross heard the Trump administration’s renewed U.S. push to expand internet in Cuba, disbelief washed over the American who spent five years in a Cuban jail for trying to establish clandestine communication service on the Communist-run island.
“My first response was ‘Are you kidding me?” Gross said in a telephone interview with Reuters.
Gross worked in Cuba in 2009 for a U.S.-government funded program to promote political change by increasing internet access in a country that has one of the lowest web penetration rates in the world.
In January, the U.S. State Department said it was convening a Cuba Internet Task Force to examine ways of expanding information access and independent media in Cuba.
Havana protested the move that it said attempted to violate its sovereignty, highlighting the military connotation of the expression “task force.”
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Ex-Cuba prisoner Gross criticizes U.S. plan to foster internet on island
Sarah Marsh
4 MIN READ
HAVANA (Reuters) - When Alan Gross heard the Trump administration’s renewed U.S. push to expand internet in Cuba, disbelief washed over the American who spent five years in a Cuban jail for trying to establish clandestine communication service on the Communist-run island.
“My first response was ‘Are you kidding me?” Gross said in a telephone interview with Reuters.
Gross worked in Cuba in 2009 for a U.S.-government funded program to promote political change by increasing internet access in a country that has one of the lowest web penetration rates in the world.
In January, the U.S. State Department said it was convening a Cuba Internet Task Force to examine ways of expanding information access and independent media in Cuba.
Havana protested the move that it said attempted to violate its sovereignty, highlighting the military connotation of the expression “task force.”
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-internet-gross/ex-cuba-prisoner-gross-criticizes-u-s-plan-to-foster-internet-on-island-idUSKBN1FO0DS
