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Latin American Economy & Business - February 2015 (ISSN 1741-7430)

Cuba: Netflix versus ‘el paquete’

On 9 February Netflix, the US online film and TV series distributor, said it would begin to offer its services across Cuba “as soon as Internet access improves and credit and debit cards become more widely available”. The California-based company said it was able to offer its service immediately to anyone in the country able to access and pay for it in hard currency. The move was made possible by the US-Cuba diplomatic thaw, which includes an agreement allowing US telecoms companies to develop the island’s Internet infrastructure.

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