The Internet outage in Cuba: concern or U.S. political agenda?

Abstract

Internet outages have increased in number and causes in the last decade. Some of them are due to technological failures and others to governmental strategies and policies. Last July 11, one of these outages took place in Cuba. The U.S government rapidly condemned this event and accused the Cuban government of violating Human Rights. Unconventional warfare strategies were once more present in the diplomatic relations between these countries. Nevertheless, in other nations such as Spain and India, Internet outages have taken place without mentions from neither the U.S government nor Press. This raises the question of whether the public declarations of the U.S respond to a genuine concern for the wellbeing of Cubans, or if they are just another attempt of meddling in the Caribbean Nation’s internal affairs.