Cuba has banned sales to the public of computers, along with photocopiers, printers, and mimeograph machines - Brickbats - Brief Article

Reason, July, 2002 by Charles Oliver

Cuba has banned sales to the public of computers, along with photocopiers, printers, and mimeograph machines. Officials have rufused to comment on the move, other than to blame Cuba's lack of computers on the U.S. economic embargo. But the likely cause is the rise of independent journalists printings stories unfavorable to the government on the internet.