{"id":2375,"date":"2021-08-03T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T08:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/why-the-internet-in-cuba-has-become-a-us-political-hot-potato\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T08:49:09","slug":"why-the-internet-in-cuba-has-become-a-us-political-hot-potato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/why-the-internet-in-cuba-has-become-a-us-political-hot-potato\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Havana shut down online access for 72 hours, the battle is on to keep the country connected<\/p>\n<p>Cubans used to joke about Napoleon Bonaparte chatting to Mikhail Gorbachev, George W Bush and Fidel Castro in the afterlife. \u201cIf I\u2019d have had your prudence, I\u2019d never have fought Waterloo,\u201d the French emperor tells the last Soviet leader. \u201cIf I\u2019d have had your military might, I\u2019d have won Waterloo,\u201d he tells the Texan. Turning last to Castro, the emperor says: \u201cIf I\u2019d have had Granma [the Cuban Communist party daily], I\u2019d have lost Waterloo but nobody would have known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The joke no longer does the rounds. With millions of Cubans now online, the state\u2019s monopoly on mass communication has been deeply eroded. But after social media helped catalyse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/jul\/12\/thousands-march-in-cuba-in-rare-mass-protests-amid-economic-crisis\">historic protests<\/a> on the island last month, the government temporarily shut the internet down.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/03\/why-the-internet-in-cuba-has-become-a-us-political-hot-potato\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/76e6d683f9b2f8be703393d3d34bd6b105936289\/0_140_4196_2517\/master\/4196.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=62f2461ebd99f5eb61f4fb0b2c2ac6ff\" title=\"Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato\" \/>After Havana shut down online access for 72 hours, the battle is on to keep the country connected<br \/>\nCubans used to joke about Napoleon Bonaparte chatting to Mikhail Gorbachev, George W Bush and Fidel Castro in the afterlife. \u201cIf I\u2019d have had your prudence, I\u2019d never have fought Waterloo,\u201d the French emperor tells the last Soviet leader. \u201cIf I\u2019d have had your military might, I\u2019d have won Waterloo,\u201d he tells the Texan. Turning last to Castro, the emperor says: \u201cIf I\u2019d have had Granma [the Cuban Communist party daily], I\u2019d have lost Waterloo but nobody would have known.\u201d<br \/>\nThe joke no longer does the rounds. With millions of Cubans now online, the state\u2019s monopoly on mass communication has been deeply eroded. But after social media helped catalyse historic protests on the island last month, the government temporarily shut the internet down. 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