Access Online: Internet Governance and Image in Cuba

This article examines the restrictions on i nternet access in C uba and asks to what extent the lack of access to the W orld W ide W eb has helped to maintain (with some evident changes), the socialist status quo on the island. The article will also examine how the i nternet is used to represent the nation externally and ultimately argues that the C uban government is negotiating a fine line between taking full economic advantage of what the internet can offer and hampering its use as a mechanism for the subversion of the R evolution in the face of continued US aggression.