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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
Alex Gosetto from the United States took our phot of the day: "The Havana Grand Theater Half Lit". The post Havana’s Grand Theater Half Lit – Photo of the Day appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
In times of unfavorable polls, questioning a neighbor’s territorial sovereignty is the perfect fuel to shore up internal stability. The post Nationalism as the Last Refuge of Poor Governance appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
I have a friend who’s a member of the Jehovah’s Witness congregation, although he follows their discipline more than he attends their services. The post My Frustrated Attempt to Live in Boyaca, Colombia appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. The post International News Briefs for Wednesday, September 3, 2025 appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
We highlight the human dimension of a journey that seeks to challenge the blockade and stand with the Palestinian people. (12 photos) The post Faces of the Multinational Flotilla Heading to Gaza appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Today's featured band is the cast of Buena Vista Social Club from their Broadway musical with an NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2025). The post The Cast of Buena Vista Social Club – Song of the Day appeared first on Havana Times.| 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
Today's featured artist is Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez with his Trio performing a NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2018).| Havana Times
Our featured artist is Eddie Palmieri from the US, of Puerto Rican heritage, with the song "Cafe" from the album "Echando Pa'lante" (1964)| Havana Times
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, August 29, 2025.| 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
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.| Havana Times
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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
Nostalgia is often linked to the Havana Malecon. What Cuban, or foreign visitor, hasn’t sat on that wall that holds back the sea? (18 photos)| Havana Times
We visit the Mariano Rodríguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana. There is currently an exhibition with roosters as its main theme. (12 photos)| Havana Times
The weary gaze, the firm expression, or the innocence of childhood are all displayed with the same dignity and expressive power. (14 photos)| Havana Times
A very peculiar event was held at Grados restaurant, located on E Street between 23rd and 25th in Havana's Vedado district. (20 photos)| Havana Times
Petals that resemble brushstrokes of oil paint, textures you feel with your eyes, colors that tell the story of an exuberant land. (16 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
Riding the bus into downtown or walking along its avenues is a true pleasure for those of us who enjoy architectural details. (21 photos)| Havana Times
Well stocked for years, but with the currency switch from CUC to MLC in 2021, its products started disappearing. (17 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
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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 Noble Task of Not Going Crazy in Cuba | 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
Alamar, a “model” community on the east side of Havana, was a project launched with great fanfare by the revolution in the 1970s. (35 photos)| Havana Times
Wherever I go, whether a cultural institution, business, school, building entrance, or even just along a sidewalk, there he is. (16 photos)| Havana Times
When voting has no consequences, there is no incentive to participate. Venezuelans abstained from regional and parliamentary elections.| Havana Times
"Here in the area I know, I haven’t seen any progress anywhere. I see the same poverty, the same dignity. Nothing has been done here..."| Havana Times
When Cuba’s sports news increasingly resembles a tragicomedy tinged with exile and redemption, Yipsi Moreno’s story is a gem.| Havana Times
The music goes out at the Cuban Art Factory and the Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor closes because the ice cream is melted.| Havana Times
Mothers and families with children indicate that the socioeconomic situation and limited access to food directly affect school attendance.| 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
Raising awareness "is ant-work; you have to be patient, explain, ask repeatedly, until they understand the importance of separation".| Havana Times
Some neighborhoods in Matanzas, Cuba barely suffer any outages, while others live among candles and silent refrigerators.| Havana Times
The former president of Nicaragua passed away in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 14, 2025, her family confirmed in a statement.| Havana Times
"Its a strategy of international isolation that reinforces internal control, which intensified after the crackdown on 2018 protests."| Havana Times
After defeating Daniel Ortega at the polls in February 1990, she became the first elected woman president in the Americas.| Havana Times
The Ortega-Murillo regime leaves exiled journalists and opposition citizens without passports or legal identity.| Havana Times
Family members of the fourteen political prisoners are deprived of any information regarding their whereabouts or state of health.| Havana Times
The new Foreign Investment Law and its regulations, passed by the National Assembly, will make Nicaragua less attractive to foreign investment| Havana Times
Abdul Montoya was refused entry by the US and Canada. He now awaits word from Spain, where he’s applied for nationality.| Havana Times
The Trump administration informs migrants that their work permits have been “revoked” and must be returned to USCIS.| Havana Times
Students from several universities told to resubmit their scholarship requests by June 20 to the Attorney General’s Office.| Havana Times
Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.| Havana Times
Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, June 12, 2025.| Havana Times
A group of them are now struggling to adapt to a bittersweet process that still moves them: the joy of having found their families again.| Havana Times
Students have come forward with reports of institutional repression & intimidation aimed at preventing them from joining an academic strike.| Havana Times
"We need to withdraw more and more, and the banks are giving less and less," lamented a frustrated citizen about inflation.| Havana Times
Rodolfo Rensoli has died, the person who made real the dream of a Hip Hop festival in East Havana—for at least six editions.| Havana Times
We immigrants are united by a kind of common bond, born of our awareness of the other’s griefs: “I suffer, I miss, I have to limit myself..."| Havana Times
For many years now, I've noticed a great hatred for trees and the land here in Cuba, and I don't understand why.| Havana Times
Like a prisoner might write on the walls of her cell. Because my house is my home, but for several reasons it has also become my prison.| 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
“We were called in to unload the rice, but the people on the ship won’t hand it over until they see the money.”| 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
Confiscation – Economic Vengeance of Nicaragua’s Repressors | Havana Times
Los Angeles Press Warn of Potential Violence on Reporters | Havana Times
Midnight Cowboy in Trinidad, Cuba – Photo of the Day | 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
In Cuba There Are Two Grades of State Bread Rolls | Havana Times
Nostalgia for Pepe Mujica, or the Unsustainable Center | 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
