HAVANA (AP) — Cuba announced Sunday night that it is launching broadband Internet service in two Havana neighborhoods as a pilot project aimed at bringing home access to one of the world’s least connected nations. State telecommunications company ETECSA said it would allow Cubans in Old Havana, the colonial center that is one of the […]
Cuban Youth Build Secret Computer Network Despite Wi-Fi Ban
Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat with friends, play games and download hit movies in a mini-replica of the online world that most can’t access. Home Internet connections are banned for all but a handful of […]
Gas Leak Caused Mexico Oil Company Blast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gas buildup under a building in the headquarters of Mexico’s state oil company caused a blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, the attorney-general said Monday, ending days of near-total silence by authorities about the petroleum giant’s worst disaster in more than a decade. Attorney-General Jesus Murillo Karam said […]