Cuba accuses US of destabilizing the country, with the internet

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A recent ruling allows U.S. companies to provide Internet services to Cuba, despite the embargo. But Cuban officials say this is a direct threat to the Cuban leadership, claiming that the United States aims to “use these services as a tool of subversion and destabilization.”

The BBC’s Michael Voss has been following the story and he joins The Takeaway from Havana, Cuba.

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