In Cuba, mystery shrouds fate of Internet cable

[joshcryer]

3. It's freedom of information preemption.

Cuba has an incarceration rate that rivals the US (the US gets crapped on, rightly so, for its high incarceration rate, but Cuba gets a pass, of course; jailing "counter-revolutionaries" is perfectly valid).

They're afraid of what will happen once the information is allowed to flow freely.

Already they're trying to trump up "cyber mercenaries" to slander anyone who speaks openly negatively about the government: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/cuba

But the Cuban dissidents trot out Cuba's constitution which guarantees "Free Speech." Yes, in principle Cuba has "free speech" but in practice the cronyism denies it (try setting up a party for example or setting up a separate union).

They are afraid, very afraid, of what free information flow means.