Information Walls Not Always Invisible

With all the attention to the “invisible” information walls erected on the Internet by modern dictatorships, count on that old-time leader of the pack, Fidel Castro, to remind us of the tangible nature of such barriers.

As the Associated Press reports from Havana:

The American mission irked Castro last week when it installed the electronic sign on the facade of its main building with streaming text of sayings about freedom and excerpts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Cuba is a signatory.

Castro’s response:

"The regime appears to be building a permanent structure that, we believe, seeks to obstruct Cubans' view of the uncensored messages and information posted on our streaming billboard," the U.S. statement said. "The regime's reaction is not surprising: building walls to isolate Cubans from the rest of the world is what the regime knows best.”