# @restofworld on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CRgJaNqDjjo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/78901863-restofworld-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c9aae34b16.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-07-19T08:37:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rest of World (@restofworld) — https://gondola.cc/restofworld

## Caption

Havana resident and journalist, Sandra Madiedo Ruiz, reflected on the island’s newfound reliance on a technology only widely accessible on mobile phones since December 2018. “It reminds me of a time before Wi-Fi and mobile data; when we’d communicate by letter and phone calls,” she said. “The internet has brought us closer.”⁠⁠
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As thousands of Cubans took to the streets last Sunday demanding better access to vaccines and basic supplies, Cuba experienced internet outages across the country.⁠⁠
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Click the link in our bio to read the full story.⁠⁠
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#protests #cuba #cubaprotests #internetoutage #internetoutagecuba #politicalrepression #internet #technology #mobilephones #vaccineaccess

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## Tags

cubaprotests, mobilephones, politicalrepression, internetoutagecuba, vaccineaccess, technology, protests, internet, internetoutage, cuba

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