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In Cuba, Ifá came to be used in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería. [61] There, it is the most complex and prestigious divinatory system used in the religion. [ 62 ] The two are closely linked, sharing the same mythology and conception of the universe, [ 63 ] with Orula or Ọ̀rúnmila having a prominent place within Santería. [ 64 ]
Cuba has been listed as an "Internet Enemy" by Reporters Without Borders since the list was created in 2006. [9] The level of Internet filtering in Cuba is not categorized by the OpenNet Initiative due to lack of data. [37] All material intended for publication on the Internet must first be approved by the National Registry of Serial Publications.
El Paquete Semanal ("The Weekly Package") or El Paquete is a one terabyte collection of digital material distributed since around 2008 [1] on the underground market in Cuba as a substitute for broadband Internet. [2]
Cuba is listed as "not free" in the Freedom on the Net 2018 report from Freedom House, with an overall score of 79 out of 100 where 100 is the least free. [3] This is the fifth highest score out of the 65 countries ranked, below China, Iran, Syria, and Ethiopia. Cuba has been listed as "not free" each year since the reports started in 2009.
Telephone numbers in Cuba all have the same format, consisting of the country code (53), followed by an area code. Phone numbers in Cuba have up to eight digits. The first one to two are the area code, the remaining digits are the subscriber number. Calls between different area codes are prefixed with the trunk prefix 0, followed by the area code.
Telecommunications in Cuba consists mainly of NTSC analog television, analog radio, telephony, AMPS, D-AMPS, and GSM mobile telephony, and the Internet.Telephone service is provided through ETECSA (Telecommunications Company of Cuba), mobile telephone service is provided through the Cellular Telephone Company of Cuba (CUBACEL) and, previously, Caribbean Cellular (Celulares del Caribe, C-COM ...
December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again. [12] December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings, is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence ...
Cuba was one of the first countries in the Americas to have television service. The popularity of radio led to the development and launch of television stations. The first years of television in Cuba were marked by a climate of competitiveness between two Cuban businessmen backed by US companies, Gaspar Pumarejo and Goar Mestre.