Cuba has been slowly moving towards the west, first Mobile phones, computers and DVD-players. Now they are getting fast Internet access.
Logically the cable would go from Cuba to Florida..but of course that can't be done.
More after the flip
Yep, Venezuela is Cuba's partner in this affair. Florida would be some 120 kilometers away, but thanks to the outdated policy the US does not allow this. So the cable will be 1500 Km long.
"The contract between the two countries, which has been independently verified, adds weight to Cuban statements that the United States economic embargo of the island has forced it to rely on slow and expensive satellite links for Internet connectivity," said Wikileaks investigative editor Julian Assange in the report. "Cuba is situated a mere 120 kilometres off the coast of Florida. The proposed 1,500 kilometre cable will connect Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, and Trinidad to the rest of the world via La Guaira, Venezuela."
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Once more Venezuela gets some brownie points in the region.
Clearly there will an opportunity after Fidel dies. With Obama in the white house one would hope for a more sane policy.
In the free world i'm allowed to travel to Cuba. And unlike GOP crooks, i don't need excuses. I don't see any reason for the current policy. I know it was painful to get beating at the bay of pigs..but it was a long time ago.
I find the embargo useless and outdated. If China is such a nice country, how is Cuba so different?
If there is need for change in Cuba, the change will come when the US allows trade between the two countries. The current poliy forces Cuba to become more dependent on Venezuela. Is that a good policy?