Bloggers offer glimpse of uncensored Cuba

[LoZoccolo]

HAVANA (AP) -- Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access.

But that hasn't stopped thousands from finding their way into cyberspace. And a daring few post candid blogs about life in the communist-run country that have garnered international audiences.

Yoani Sanchez writes the "Generacion Y" blog and gets more than a million hits a month, mostly from abroad - though she has begun to strike a chord in Cuba. On her site and others, anonymous Cubans offer stinging criticisms of their government.

http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CUBAN_BLOGGERS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-04-27-13-24-59

I wonder what the Castro and/or Chavez apologists (few on DU, but very vocal) who claim that all the people escaping Cuba are "right-wingers" are going to say when more and more people start voicing their dismay about what it's like to live in the dismal conditions and under an authoritarian government there directly. Actually I do know. "They must be CIA plants" in 5...4...3...

[RB TexLa]

1. Now, now, why would anyone want the right to criticize their government

They must be CIA plants. :rofl:

[killbotfactory]

2. Those pro-Castro and/or Pro-Chavez must all be paid plants

He says he knows of nobody who would spend money to go on the Web and defend the system. "Everyone who argues in favor of the government is paid to do so, or does so because they have been asked to," he said.

[LoZoccolo]

3. Or have never been to Cuba! n/t

[killbotfactory]

4. Obviously

I mean, it would be ridiculous to think that there might be a wide variety of opinions about the government among Cubans, or anybody who is interested in Cuba or Venezuela.

[Aloha Spirit]

5. "but they won't soothe our hunger for change" right on!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. nice straw-man, insinuating the Castro and Chavez are the same.

One is a democracy with a legitimately elected leader.

[LoZoccolo]

7. Except for that when people point out that Castro is a friend of Chavez the apologists are like...

..."but he's a good guy too!"

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. and then the Chavez haters are like...

"but Castro's a bad man so Chavez is too!" :eyes:

[KamaAina]

9. They must be CIA plants!

:sarcasm: