Cuba on Net Threshold (6#) -

"After three years, my virtual space
is again sighted from inside Cuba." --Yoani Sanchez

The Cuban regime has unblocked local access to Yoani Sanchez and other bloggers, but will the opening of this portal to the Future remain open?

"Havana is hosting the Informatica 2011 fair Feb 7-11, expected to bring in many foreign computer experts. Among the participants is the head of the United Nation’s telecommunications agency."

# A new undersea fiber optic cable will be operational in July. The project is being carried out by Alcatel-Lucent SA of Paris.

# Dennis Loy Johnson, Yoani's American publisher, writes about the potential effects of the Internet on Egyptian and Cuban dissidents.

# Are recent events in Egypt worrying the current Cuban regime? Is this one of the reasons they've unblocked Yoani?

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