{"id":633231,"date":"2021-08-11T11:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=633231"},"modified":"2021-08-11T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:51:46","slug":"senate-unanimously-passes-rubio-amendment-to-bring-internet-to-cuba-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-unanimously-passes-rubio-amendment-to-bring-internet-to-cuba-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Unanimously Passes Rubio Amendment To Bring Internet To Cuba Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-unanimously-passes-rubio-amendment-to-bring-internet-to-cuba-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=633231&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233119191-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) added an amendment to the Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would ensure internet access for anti-communism protesters in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=CE82648D-E4F8-4E22-9556-60A1FB023BD7\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span> from Rubio\u2019s office, the amendment \u201cwould create a Deficit Neutral Reserve Fund (DNRF) in the forthcoming reconciliation bill to be used to build up and deploy existing technology on the island.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToday, my colleagues sent a clear, bipartisan message that the United States is committed to getting uncensored and unrestricted internet access to the people of Cuba,\u201d Rubio said in the release. \u201cThe technology exists to do this without delay, and I urge the Biden Administration to begin moving forward immediately.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs the Cuban people take to the streets to call for freedom and democracy, and an end to the brutal, illegitimate communist Cuban regime, the United States must stand with these brave freedom fighters,\u201d added Scott in an earlier <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=B593BE80-DA78-44A3-AA34-8CD59CC6E9E8\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe communist regime is terrified of the Cuban people, trying to cut off their communication with each other and the rest of the world and doing everything in its power to prevent them from shedding light on the regime\u2019s oppression and atrocities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the Senate floor, Rubio explained that Cubans\u2019 unfettered access to the internet was crucial for last month\u2019s wave of anti-regime protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hdlQouX-j3U&amp;t=1s\"><span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hdlQouX-j3U&amp;t=<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCubans had limited access to the internet, which allowed them to then go on social media, communicate with each other, communicate with the world,\u201d he remarked. \u201cAs a result, they were able also to share with the world the true brutality of that regime by posting videos of what was happening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cuban-government-uses-chinese-tech-systems-to-block-internet-access\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported last month, the Cuban regime relies upon Chinese technology systems to restrict internet access for its people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A report from the Institute For War &amp; Peace Reporting unveiled that Cuba\u2019s sole internet provider functions on Huawei, TP-Link, and ZTE. Another report by the Open Observatory of Network Interference found traces of Chinese code in the interfaces used for internet access portals in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/country\/cuba\/freedom-net\/2020\"><span>Freedom House<\/span><\/a><span> gives Cuba a 22 out of 100 rating for internet freedom. The group explains that \u201cCuba has one of the lowest connectivity rates in the Western Hemisphere,\u201d while regular internet access \u201cremains extremely expensive, connections are poor, and authorities both monitor usage and work to direct traffic to the government-controlled intranet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) added an amendment to the Democrats\u2019 $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would ensure internet access for anti-communism protesters in Cuba.According to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}