A model of freedom in the Carribean:

Cuba Bans PC Sales to Public

According to Article 19, Chapter II, Section 3 of the ministry's Resolution No. 383/2001: "The sale of computers, offset printer equipment, mimeographs, photocopiers, and any other mass printing medium, as well as their parts, pieces and accessories, is prohibited to associations, foundations, civic and nonprofit societies, and natural born citizens. In cases where the acquisition of this equipment or parts, pieces and accessories is indispensable, the authorization of the Ministry of Internal Commerce must be solicited."

When asked why computer sales were banned in Cuba, a Washington DC-based Cuban spokesman, Luis Fernandez, said: "If we didn't have an embargo, there could be computers for everybody." What a great, evasive answer.

Information leads to knowledge, and that generates power. Computers and the Internet were a quiet, often overlooked power in the downfall of Communism throughout eastern Europe. Obvious Castro does not want to see a repeat. Castro, of course, is the very definition of fascist, his government a superb example of fascism, a government built around a dictator who is also a strong paternal figure.

For an article on fascism, see Fascism, a part of which reads:

Fascist ideology...emphased the subordination of the individual to a "totalitarian" state that was to control all aspects of national life.

Sounds a lot like Castro's Cuba. Or China, or North Korea, or...hell, all those members of the Axis of Evil.