open-minded writing| Havana Times
“The thieves are walking free, we know who they are, but the Police says they have to catch them slaughtering the stolen animals"| Havana Times
Twenty years after her first idyllic trip to Cuba, Marina, from Spain, discovers a devastated country and deplorable service in 5-star hotels. The post How Tourist Agencies Are Scamming Vacationers to Cuba appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Seven years later, the country’s police state apparatus keeps watch and persecutes, under a cloak of normality. The post How Nicaragua Became and Sustains a Police State appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Fidel Castro called her a “true political prisoner” who was “a victim of the fierce repression against the Black movement.” The post A Fugitive’s Freedom: Assata Shakur’s Exile in Cuba appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
As if the countless hours of blackouts weren't enough, now there's no way to know when the power will come back on or how long it will last. The post Cuba with Less and Less Power… and Hope Fading appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Israel’s Navy has intercepted dozens of ships in international waters, halting efforts by activists to break Israel’s siege of the Gaza. The post Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Vessels & Detains 400+ appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, October 2, 2025. The post International News Briefs for Thursday, October 2, 2025 appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
While common crimes in today's Cuba multiply under police inaction, political dissent remains tightly controlled.| Havana Times
A Difficult Month for Cuban Parents | Havana Times
Silent Flight, Port Coquitlam, Canada – Photo of the Day | Havana Times
Gaza, a Genocide in Real Time | Havana Times
The UN General Assembly authorized, with 145 votes in favor and only five against that Palestine participate by videoconference.| Havana Times
While in the US consumers are facing increasingly higher prices, in Latin America food is getting cheaper.| Havana Times
Today's featured artists are the duo Tuck and Patti (USA) with the song “My Romance” off their album “Tears of Joy” (1988).| Havana Times
Two children and a granddaughter of Rosa Ruiz, mother of the detained doctor, abandoned their home due to constant threats....| Havana Times
Zuñiga was unable to bid his mother farewell because he is banned from entering Nicaragua, a fate suffered by hundreds of compatriots.| Havana Times
The world watches Gaza’s destruction in horror on social media. How is the greatest human drama of the century seen from Latin America?| Havana Times
The initial hearing in Yadira’s asylum case is scheduled for September 22, 2025. A judge will determine the next steps in her asylum process.| Havana Times
The family of Attorney Carlos Cardenas Zepeda was called to receive the body of the prisoner, abducted 15 days earlier from his Managua home.| Havana Times
“The most affected will be Venezuelans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans, but Cubans may also suffer the consequences of this decision.”| Havana Times
While Washington maintains that the goal is to fight drug trafficking, the Maduro government in Venezuela warned of an “imperialist threat.”| Havana Times
Relatives seeking information about their detained family member’s whereabouts encounter only silence or threats.| Havana Times
Homes where citizens will be interviewed are pre-selected in areas known to have state workers and Sandinista families.| Havana Times
Delegating the task of thinking to ChatGPT or Gemini Deep Think diminishes our ability to reason.| Havana Times
With the evolution and diversification of new illicit markets the criminal networks are challenging the survival of democratic institutions.| Havana Times
CONFIDENCIAL presents a documentary on the life and work of Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez, exiled in Spain.| Havana Times
The Supreme Court convicted Bolsonaro for conspiring against the democratic order after his 2022 electoral defeat.| Havana Times
From the increasingly common charcoal stoves to homemade wind turbines, people have turned to ingenuity to get through the crisis.| Havana Times
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From the early afternoon, skies will become overcast, with some showers, rain, and thunderstorms expected. Highs will be 29 to 31ºC (84-88 F)| Havana Times
Alex Gosetto from the United States took our photo of the day: "In the Market," in Havana, Cuba, using an iPhone 11 camera.| Havana Times
Sept. 8th marks another anniversary of the coming of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the Patron Saint of Cuba and of all Cubans (18 photos)| Havana Times
Cuba's State Electric Company (UNE) reported the news in a message on its social networks on Wednesday morning.| Havana Times
Interview with Ricardo Torres Perez, author of the study: “Cuba’s Private Sector: Safety valve or engine of development?”| Havana Times
From the increasingly common charcoal stoves to homemade wind turbines, people have turned to ingenuity to get through the crisis.| Havana Times
“I love working the hives... because it’s what I like to do. But the Government discourages us every time it imposes these measures."| Havana Times
Thanks to the reports we get from the teachers, we learn about certain aptitudes & attitudes that our daughter does not clearly show at home.| Havana Times
I heard the following comments from a Mexican woman: “We were in Varadero and met a singer who was so nice and sang so well..."| Havana Times
The machinery of power, if not dismantled, will continue reproducing its authoritarian dynamics.| Havana Times
Cuba faces a multidimensional crisis—economic, infrastructural, social—that calls for nothing less than structural change.| Havana Times
Cesar Prieto kept thinking back to a nervous time 4 ½ years earlier when he was sprinting away from a hotel and running toward his dreams.| Havana Times
Every morning, Jose Luis discreetly picks up the goods and walks the streets of Matanzas, Cuba to sell them.| Havana Times
A new law nationalizes 14% of national territory, including cities and Indigenous communities. We speak with residents of the border zone.| Havana Times
Migrants in Chile: Between Fear and Friendship | Havana Times
History teaches that societies able to integrate their diversity become more humane, more creative, and more resilient.| Havana Times
I close my eyes & let myself drift. I return to the country, to my bare feet on the grass, my brother’s voice calling from afar. (12 photos)| Havana Times
Barcelona’s Plaça de Sant Jaume was filled with banners, cameras, and voices demanding justice for journalists killed in Gaza. (12 photos)| Havana Times
What I see when I walk around my town, Cojímar, on the outskirts of Havana, which, to me, reflects what my country is today. (16 photos)| Havana Times
As a people, we must reclaim a sense of responsibility. Become aware of the power of our words and speak them as we believe we must...| Havana Times
A friend of mine who had taken semiotics classes once told me that the first place our attention goes is to the upper right-hand corner.| Havana Times
I’m wondering about the following: when faced with friends abroad who aren’t Cubans and want to see Cuba, what do I tell them?| Havana Times
A friend lent me the autobiographical book Nina Berberova, published by Circe in Spanish. The Italics Are Mine in English).| Havana Times
The season has arrived for a fruit so cherished by Cuban women: the mango. We eat it in every way possible—juice, sweets, smoothies, raw.| Havana Times
We Cubans are tangled up on this island. And it’s not as easy to get out of the mess as many might think from abroad.| Havana Times
A foreign friend expressed her apprehension before accepting a trip to Cuba as a tourist. It was a country she had never visited before,...| Havana Times
Manolín was my youngest cat, and my favorite. Cowardly and very sweet, he was by my side almost all the time.| Havana Times
While heading back home from the dentist’s office, I decided to go by the center to get a few things done, like buying soap for example.| Havana Times
For a long, I’ve wanted to see a town in Holguin Province that’s called Cueto. A friend spoke very highly of a woman poet who lives there.| Havana Times
Where Oblivion Sleeps | Havana Times
When I lost my job, due to that position I had bet on and that didn’t work out, I had to start looking quickly.| Havana Times
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, August 1, 2025.| Havana Times
The power went out half an hour ago, and the neighbors on my block are saying it won’t be back until the early morning...| Havana Times
So far 11 photographers have sent in their entries. We also look forward to receiving your best photos. You have until September 15th.| Havana Times
For the first time in decades, the average Cuban found in internet access a crack in the wall, a breath of freedom and a voice of their own.| Havana Times
Times Change, Even in Cuba | Havana Times
The Holguin tradition known as the May Romerias has ended. It’s a practice that began here in the eighteenth century - 1790 to be exact...| Havana Times
Bolivian Elections: We’re Asking the Wrong Questions | Havana Times
The strategy of “maximum pressure” via sanctions is unlikely to overthrow Nicolas Maduro; negotiating with him inevitably confers legitimacy.| Havana Times
Nicaragua: Top Security Advisor to Ortega & Murillo Jailed | Havana Times
As of today, March 14, the Ortega/Murillo regime moved to block independent media websites from using the domain .ni.| Havana Times
Three asylum seekers whose cases are still unresolved speak about their fear of being returned to a Nicaragua, where they don’t feel safe.| Havana Times
Rates of displacement, child recruitment, food insecurity, physical violence, and sexual violence have skyrocketed in the past year.| Havana Times
How Tourist Agencies Are Scamming Vacationers to Cuba | Havana Times
Havana Weather for September 4 to 10 | Havana Times
Reynaldo Padilla Rodriguez: For me, it’s very important to cultivate faith in what you cannot see. What you feel is very important.| Havana Times
Players who “deserted or breached contracts” will not reinforce the island’s team, according to ‘Swing Completo’.| Havana Times
Havana Beyond Simply Seeing the Facts | Havana Times
The State Department concluded that 92 programs, managed by the International Republican Institute, were not "in the national interest"| Havana Times