Americans May Send Cell Phones To Cuba

American Voices

May 23, 2008 | ISSUE 44•21

President Bush announced that people living in the United States will soon be allowed to send cell phones to Cuba. What do you think?

I wish they'd let us send other stuff, because I got an old broken TV that I've been dying to get rid of.

Patty Rocks
Systems Analyst
Were we not allowed to before? My bad. I've sent a shitload of cell phones to Cuba over the years.

Joe Black
Plumbing Assistant
It's about time. The mobile phones Cubans have now are often more than 50 years old. They've done a good job keeping them up, but the aerials get easily twisted in tree branches.

Will Elliott
Employment Counselor

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