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Uncensored Cuban Blogs Speak Out


Yoani Sanchez, dressed as a tourist in her own country, ducks into posh hotels that provide Internet access for foreign travelers on a regular basis, just so she can spend large chunks of her modest paycheck to post complaints about the Cuban government on her blog. Her blog, Generation Y, is widely read both in Cuba and abroad and has earned her many fans. Sanchez posts under her real name, something that just 10 short years ago would have been unthinkable and would have guaranteed her arrest.

Thanks to being granted the right to own personal computers one month ago, younger generations of Cubans are becoming more vocal in their opposition to government policies and less afraid to openly state their opinions. Sites such as Sin EVAsion and Petrosalvaje also feature Cubans voicing opposition to the government under their real names.

While the Cuban government has yet to try and arrest the authors and owners of these Web sites ,it is still dangerous for them to operate. These brave Cubans risk arrest every day by illegally connecting to the Internet and posting anti-government speech. [Source: AP/AOL News, via USA Today]

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