An ignored – and ignorant – people

We had a glimpse of how poor the Cubans are. But that's not all. There is poverty, rising inequality, but also amazing ignorance. I do not mean "ignorance" in a derogatory sense – there is no access to information. Personal computers are not allowed – i.e. no one at home is allowed to have PCs – and Internet usage costs some 6 CUC for 10 hours. Imagine that – how can someone earning 10 or 20 CUC get on the internet? Well they don't. It is probably true that there is 100% literacy and also that there is supposedly a surfeit of doctors and excellent health care – in theory, though lack of equipment apparently greatly constrains them. But imagine in 2010 a people completely cut off from the world.

But they are.