Cubans surf the Web at home in Havana pilot project


Retired teacher Margarita Marquez, 67, uses the Internet after it was recently installed at her home in old Havana, Cuba, December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA: Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez says she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a country with one of the lowest Internet penetration rates in the world. 

Marquez, a 67-year-old retired university professor, was among those selected by the government two weeks ago to participate in a pilot project bringing the Web into the homes of 2,000 inhabitants of the historic centre of the island's capital. 

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