Cubans snapping up mobile phones
Hundreds of people queued up to buy phones when restrictions were eased
Cubans are reported to have taken out 7,400 new mobile phone contracts in the 10 days since restrictions were eased.
The figures, reported by the AFP news agency, were issued by the country’s state telecoms company Etecsa.
Etecsa expects to sell 1.4 million new mobile phone [...]
President Bush Discusses Cuba Policy in Rose Garden Speech
THE PRESIDENT: Hola. Sientese. Thank you for coming. Welcome to the Rose Garden. It’s my honor to host you for an important policy announcement.
I’m proud to be joined by our great Secretary of State Colin Powell and a son of Cuba, a graduate of the Pedro Pan program — (applause) — Mel Martinez. (Applause.) I’m [...]
Progress In Cuba
PCs go on sale in Cuba for first time
Computers have arrived in Cuba after the country’s president, Raul Castro, authorised their sale to the general public for the first time. Shoppers headed to technology stores in Havana, where computers finally hit the stores yesterday after Mr Castro permitted the unrestricted sale of computers, DVD and [...]
