Internet, the thorn in the side of Cuba’s one party state

Boys wearing face masks with the US flag connect to the Internet in a street of Havana. For Cuba’s 11.2 million people who have long been amongst the least connected people on the planet, the Internet has become a favourite tool of the outlawed opposition. — AFP

HAVANA: Cuba’s communist leadership has always viewed the Internet with suspicion while trying desperately to control it.

Raul Castro, the former president and leader of the Communist Party, who officially retired on April 19, has blasted the medium for “lies”, “manipulation” and “subversion”.