Latin American Economy & Business - July 2014 (ISSN 1741-7430)

CUBA: When Google came visiting

Regional Business Review by LatinNews 16 July 2014 Modified: 16 July 2014 2876 views

It popped up as an intriguing story on 14ymedio.com, the website set up by the Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez, who reported that a delegation from Google, led by CEO Eric Schmidt, was visiting Cuba to meet officials and independent activists, and to promote an “open and free internet”. By re-tweeting a comment by Sánchez on the visit, Schmidt indirectly confirmed it was going ahead.

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