been able to access the Internet. But getting to the Internet is not easy. Since the bulk of the country's infrastructure, including the telecommunications is antiquated. (Lipsschultz) The only Internet service provider, CENAI allows access only to those cleared by the government. The government heavily censors most incoming information. Economics have restricted widespread access to the Web. An average Cuban makes about 110 pesos per month, about $5.00. (US Department of State, Washington) An Internet connection with the World Wide Web access costs about $260.00 a month. E-mail accounts cost $67.00 per month. (Lipsschultz) Currently, the daily editions of Granma, Trabajadores and Juventud Rebelde are also available in electronic formats. (Lipsschultz) Radio stations are also beginning to make their Internet Debuts. Radio Havana Cuba (www.radiohc.org) post daily transcripts of its Cuba related stories in four languages (Spanish, English, French and Portuguese) and Radio Reloj (www.cubaweb.cu) posts news stories as well as specials on culture and sports. Radio Rebelde also has a web site accessible through www.ceniai.cu. It is impossible to speak about media in Cuba, without mentioning the small media warfare between the US and Cuba. On May 19 1984, under the Reagan administration Radio Marti was launched, a full fledged 24 hour, uncensored news about Cuba and US relations. Through 3 frequencies, seven radio stations, Radio Marti broadcasts over 1500 hours of radio of anti-Castro propaganda is directly beamed into the island through short-wave radio signals. As a result of Radio Marti, TV Marti was created. TV Marti is the only television service in the world whose target audience has never seen it. Except for top officials with satellites and some black-market videotapes of TV Marti, it is hard to obtain do to the successful jamming of TV signal by the Cuban government. TV Marti was created under the Bush administration, with a 9.6 mil...
