Cuban Computer Science Student Rips Official

CNN reports on growing boldness by the oppressed population of Cuba. Video shows rare public criticism that includes a computer science student SLAMMING THE GOVERNMENT FOR BANS ON INTERNET ACCESS and the blacklisting of sites like Google and Yahoo. When the student asks National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon why Cubans are banned from entering posh resorts for tourists, Alarcon responded with a bizarre non-sensical lie: Referring to his time as ambassador to the U.N. in New York: "How many times did they kick us out of a store?" he asked. "Because by the Latino accent and the color of our hair they realized we weren't Anglo-Saxons and shouldn't be in the store?" Such public discontent would have been unimaginable in Cuba even a year ago. Here comes the VIDEO! [UPDATE 9:36 AM 2/12/2008] The student in the video, who reportedly vanished after making his comments, has re-appeared to assure everyone that he was only at the dentist, not arrested. (Sounds to me like the kind of thing Communist dictatorships make you say if you want to keep your job prospects and your family out of jail...)