It certainly was meant to equate aspects of Cuba and North Korea. The text &quot;North Korea <i>has also</i>&quot; is a direct comparison between the two countries, as is &quot;<i>Unlike</i> NK, Cuba ...&quot;.<p>I don&#x27;t see how the comparison to North Korea is useful. For one, I&#x27;ve been distracted by the phrase &#x27;connected to the Internet for a good long time&#x27;. I can find nothing to verify that statement, and I can&#x27;t help but wonder if it&#x27;s actually true.<p>If Cuba has had &#x27;public Internet for a long time&#x27;, then how much longer has NK had internet access?<p>Leave out the North Korea reference and the text becomes &quot;Cuba may have had Internet for a good long time -- doesn&#x27;t mean that more than a select few had any access&quot;. That&#x27;s simpler, persuasive, and more obviously correct. Which makes me think there has to be a reason for mentioning North Korea in the first place, out of all the available possibilities.