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Ernesto, based in Havana, responds to a concern that Blogger blogs are being blocked in Cuba (ES), possibly by Google itself, by posting at his own Blogger blog. “Nevertheless this doesn't prove anything,” Ernesto writes, “since Google may have blocked some and not all Cuban blogs. I am not aware of any Cuban blogger in a situation similar to the one described above.”
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Apparently Blogger had a massive system failure this week, and many of its blogs worldwide were shut down. Are they still having access problems in Cuba? Supposedly the problem has been fixed.