Cuba desarrolla redes sociales para combatir el bloqueo de portales populares

Los cubanos denuncian que sus cuentas privadas de Facebook y Twitter han sufrido bloqueos y censura. Por ello se han desarrollado redes sociales nacionales alternativas que han ganado popularidad entre los isleños. "Actos como el 1 de mayo, cuando los cubanos se han reunido para promover ese tipo de acto en Twitter, se han cerrado las cuentas en masa de muchos cubanos", comentó el periodista y bloguero Manuel Enríquez Lagarde.



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Gobierno interino egpcio congela los fondos de la Hermandad Musulmana

El Gobierno interino egipcio aumentó su presión contra la Hermandad Muslmana (HM, islamistas) con la congelación de los fondos de la cúpula de la entidad y de organizaciones no gubernamentales afines, según precisiones circuladas este sábado. La medida abarca a 132 dirigentes de alto nivel de la HM, ilegalizada en septiembre pasado y declarada organización terroristas esta semana, y se basa en un decreto judicial, precisó el portavoz del Ministerio de Justicia Azzat Khamis, quien se abstuvo de revelar el monto de los bienes.



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Reparing a TV Antenna in Cuba - Havana Times

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Reparing a TV Antenna in Cuba Havana Times HAVANA TIMES — Imagine you don't have a broad range of recreational options for the evenings that came after long days of work, that your one alternative is TV programing and that this is the one means of warding off boredom in the time spanning ...

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After Bloomberg, Latin America Steps Up in War on Junk Food - Wall Street Journal (blog)

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After Bloomberg, Latin America Steps Up in War on Junk Food Wall Street Journal (blog) When Michael Bloomberg ends his tenure as mayor of New York City next week, he'll have many lasting legacies to celebrate. But he'll also go out with the taste of defeat still lingering: Just five months earlier, his attempt to outlaw the sale of large ...

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Raul Castro's Questionable Optimism - Havana Times

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Raul Castro's Questionable Optimism Havana Times Another negative element is the expected drop, next year, of the prices of sugar and nickel, two of Cuba's major exports. I want to focus on a number of considerations ... Judging from the information regularly published in our newspapers, the sectors ... Cuban and US Bartenders Share Common Experiences Cuba: A third-world country with a first-world culture

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VIDEO: Nine-year-old scales Argentine peak

A nine-year-old boy from the United States has become the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas.



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VIDEO: Argentina heatwave sparks protests

High temperatures have caused a wave of blackouts and water shortages across Argentine's capital, Buenos Aires.



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