Cuba&#x27;s isolation is only from the United States. The rest of the world comes and goes as they please. It&#x27;s a favourite tourist destination of many Canadians and Europeans. I&#x27;ve seen Chinese construction and petroleum interests there as well.<p>As for Internet, they had it, but prices are far beyond what an individual can afford. It was also so slow it wasn&#x27;t worth bothering. I gave up after 30 minutes having only downloaded a few emails.<p>I recently met a Web developer visiting Toronto from Cuba. I was impressed that he could get any work done with such slow downloads.