[p_monk]

I have been several times and I have a lot of family there. Notice how I started my comment with "young people." I'm not familiar with the eastern part of the island, but in Havana, mobile phones are quite common amongst young people. Furthermore, you're wrong, the young people in Cuba DO miss facebook. This is because university students are allowed to use the (slow) internet more or less freely. The censorship is not as comprehensive as that of the chinese firewall. And after spending several years with access to gmail and facebook, they're thrown into the regular society, where access to internet more difficult to come by.

[buster]

Yes, there may be a mobile phone here and there. But the difference between the usual european or american standard is so extreme, i'd say that before they can dream about facebook they dream about easier/faster/better internet access and widespread mobile (or even smartphone) usage. And no censorship of facebook ;)