BBC Journalist ousted from Cuba: "not worth the risk"

This is an article by a BBC Journalist who finds his time in paradise is over.

One of the enduring questions that has crossed my mind whilst working in Cuba is whether the government really needs to go to the lengths it does in managing the flow of information to its people.

Those that support the revolution believe that their future is in good hands. Those that yearn for change feel that things are out of their hands

Cuban officials are surprisingly unapologetic on the issue. Their justification is that Cuba is in the midst of an undeclared war with a shameless US administration which is determined to undermine the Cuban revolution. They sometimes allude to what they seem to regard as the British government’s distinguished censorship of the press during World War II. But still I wonder whether all the control is necessary. One of the side effects of 48 years with the same leader is an extraordinary degree of resignation amongst the people. It works both ways. Those that support the revolution believe that their future is in good hands. Those that yearn for change feel that things are out of their hands. Given that, would it really threaten the status quo if you could buy a foreign paper in the streets of Havana? Or if the foreign press in Cuba were able to act a little more freely? I doubt it. But clearly someone right at the top feels that such an experiment is not worth the risk.