Ga. Tech Project Provides Cubans Faster Access To Internet

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March 23rd, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the Grand Theater of Havana, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. President Obama urged Cubans to look to the future with hope, casting his historic visit to the communist nation as a moment to “bury the last remnants of the Cold War in the Americas.” (AP Photo/Desmond Boyland)

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President Barack Obama called on the Cuban government to expand Internet access for its citizens in a speech in Havana on Tuesday. In Cuba, less than about 5 percent of the population has open Internet access.

That’s slowly changing as the government adds a few Wi-Fi hotspots and foreign companies work to update the digital infrastructure.  

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