Raul Castro: Cubans Can Have Cell Phones

Raul Castro: Cubans Can Have Cell Phones

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HAVANA - President Raul Castro's government said Friday it is allowing cell phones for ordinary Cubans, a luxury previously reserved for those who worked for foreign firms or held key posts with the communist-run state.

It was the first official announcement of the lifting of a major restriction under the 76-year-old Castro, and marked the kind of small freedom many on the island have been hoping he would embrace since succeeding his older brother Fidel as president last month.

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While many Cubans may welcome this new freedom, maybe the Cuban government has finally figured out what other's knew all along. You don't have to get people to agree to be chipped - just offer them a cell phone and all is revealed. It's just so much more efficient than a chip. The handy dandy cell phone now works as a location device, an eavesdropping device, a camera and any number of other things to keep you "safe". Welcome Cuba - To the land of the free!

At least the U.S. may finally have access to some decent cigars now.

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