guest_writer 0 2005-12-13T00:00:00Z Cuba's critics, the detractors, the anti-Cuban right continue to have an extremely difficult time acknowledging the Cuban reality today in the realm of computers and information technology. The denials continue to be regurgitated, refusing to admit to the very existence of computers and automation and their use and availability to Cubans in the health profession, in education, and to the general populace in Cuba. This follows the same pattern of ignoring Cuba's other achievements in health care, education, and the many other areas including hurricane protection, all which have been attained despite 45 years of blockade/embargo. Instead, the same tired, over-utilized, unproven arguments are trotted out about how the average person doesn't have access to computers and the Internet, that's it's tightly regulated - too expensive for most Cubans to use the few that do exist – and only foreigner visitors can afford them, etc. etc. etc. Dana 39338 true 2005-12-13T00:00:00Z Lubow 9322 4826 0 1 Cuba cuba-computers-automation-and-the-internet-by-dana-lubow Dedicated to the students at the University of Computer Sciences, Cuba 2009-09-25T03:39:07Z 11791