CSC reject media attempts to slander Cuba over statements on Libya

The media coverage of the Libyan conflict in relation to Cuba is at best confused and at worst purposefully biased. Castro – who neither explicitly nor implicitly implied support for Gaddafi – has been tacitly equated to the Libyan leader in media discourse and this represents irresponsible and subjective reporting.

Venezuela, Cuba outfox U.S. with fiber optic cable

HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuela will connect Cuba to a high-speed fiber optic cable next month undermining U.S. sanctions prohibiting Cuba's access to nearby underwater lines, the head of the project said on Tuesday.

A French ship will begin laying the 995-mile submarine cable on Saturday and it is expected to reach eastern Cuba by February 8, Wilfredo Morales, president of Telecomunicaciones Gran Caribe, the Venezuelan-Cuban joint venture that owns the line, said.

"This is a project that we consider of high strategic importance in the region ... It will be operated by technicians from our countries and we are not going to be dependent on any economic or other interest of another state or the empire," Morales said in an interview with state-run Radio Rebelde.