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Can we spin this to discuss what influence it would have on Cuba's IT growth? Now that there is an embassy there U.S tech companies might be more inclined to invest there.

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Most direct investment is still forbidden due to the embargo... But I hope it will (somehow) boost the interest in exploring the Cuban startup scene.

[shameless plug] We're holding a meetup next Saturday in Havana: http://www.meetup.com/merchise/events/223604638/

Hopefully bring down the price of internet in the country. From what I have heard from activists on the ground it can often be hundreds of dollars a month. Plus significant restrictions on access etc. There was quite a good Guardian article about it.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/23/cuba-offline-in...

Couldn't the embassy provide a large public WiFi hotspot to the nearby Cuban residents?

I'm sure that they do. They will not forget to record and track all the people using it. (Not that the US government is short of ways to get this data anyway.)

A number of Western embassies in a number of countries deliberately have ramped up the public Wifi during specific events. For example elections where the local government shuts off the internet.

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