US enhances banking and internet access for Cuban companies | International

US enhances banking and internet access for Cuban companies | International

Private Cuban businesses will now have an easier time accessing internet and banking services in the United States. The U.S. Treasury Department has relaxed some of the restrictions imposed on the island in a bid to “promote internet freedom in Cuba, support independent Cuban private sector entrepreneurs, and expand access to certain financial services for …

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Cuba Cuts Internet, Surveils Calls of Journalists, Report Finds

Cuba Cuts Internet, Surveils Calls of Journalists, Report Finds

Madrid —  There was a time when activists and journalists who wanted to evade the ever-listening ear of the Cuban government spoke in code or had to meet in European embassies. The arrival of internet and encrypted messaging services offered some respite. But as quickly as technological advances made communicating and reporting on Cuba’s government …

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