"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) expresses deep concern over the recent increase in mobile internet fees in Cuba, describing it as an indirect censorship mechanism that deepens the informational isolation of the population and restricts the right to freedom of expression.
The new commercial measures, announced by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and implemented on May 30 by the state-owned Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. (ETECSA), limit to 360 Cuban pesos (CUP) — equivalent to about 1 dollar in the informal market — the maximum amount a user can recharge to their main balance within a 30-day period. […] With this amount, customers can only access a 6 GB data plan. Those wishing to purchase additional packages will have to pay much higher prices […].
‘Unfortunately, this measure will affect communication for ordinary Cubans, as well as the work of independent media and journalists, and critical voices that depend on the internet to disseminate and access alternative information,’ said José Roberto Dutriz, [resident of IAPA and CEO of La Prensa Gráfica from El Salvador."
