I have two friends, both over 80 years old. I visit them often and run a few errands for them because all their relatives live outside Cuba. The post Living in Today’s Cuba appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Oscar Perez-Oliva heads the strategic Ministry of Foreign Trade, a technocrat who combines family legacy, Party discipline and continuity. The post Great-Nephew of Fidel & Raul Castro Promoted to Deputy PM appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
In Miami, the epicenter of much of the Cuban, Venezuelan, and Nicaraguan community, the day of protest has a special meaning. The post Cuban Americans Stance on No Kings Day Protests appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
As usually happens when people protest, within minutes, uniformed police and plainclothes agents began arriving on the block. The post Women Block a Street in Regla, Havana Over Lack of Water appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Satoshi Okayasu from Japan took our photo of the day:."Changing Colors of Autumn Leaves", in Miyako, Japan. The post Changing Colors of Autumn, Japan – Photo of the Day appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
Today's featured artist is Brazilian vocalist Flora Purim with the song “This Is Me” from her 2005 album “Flora’s Song”. The post Flora Purim – Song of the Day appeared first on Havana Times.| Havana Times
In a country with great scarcities of dollars and fuel, with inflation over 23%, voters buried Evo Morales' Movement toward Socialism (MAS).| Havana Times
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
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
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