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Cuba has accused the United States of helping Cuban dissidents access the internet as part of a campaign to undermine the communist government.
In a foreign ministry statement, Cuba said the US was “promoting… financing and supplying” opponents of the government using “diverse media”.
It blamed staff at the US Interests Section at the Swiss embassy in Havana.
The US has said it simply allows Cubans access to computers and free courses on how to use the internet.
Access to the internet in Cuba is severely restricted, but some activists have used it to challenge the government.
Havana said that diplomats from the US Interests Section were “permanently inciting these people… to undertake provocative actions… and act against the Cuban constitutional order”.
The statement was published in the official newspaper, Granma.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the section did offer free internet courses for Cubans as well as access to computers – like all other US missions – but denied that diplomats were working to subvert the Cuban government.
She said the US promoted “freedom of access to information around the world”.
“Obviously, this wouldn’t be necessary if the Cuban government didn’t restrict access to the internet and prevent its own citizens from getting technology training,” she said.
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