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Cuba: Hotels Practice Exchange-Rate Anarchy with the USD

Cuba: Hotels Practice Exchange-Rate Anarchy with the USD

December 12, 2025

In restaurants, the exchange rate used for prices ranges between 150 and 286 pesos depending on the dishes.

News

First Atlas Rocket into Space, Florida, USA – Photo of the Day

First Atlas Rocket into Space, Florida, USA – Photo of the Day

December 12, 2025
The Cuban Government’s New Plan to Capture More US Dollars

The Cuban Government’s New Plan to Capture More US Dollars

December 12, 2025
International News Briefs for Friday, December 12, 2025

International News Briefs for Friday, December 12, 2025

December 12, 2025
Luis & Rosa Quartet – Song of the Day

Luis & Rosa Quartet – Song of the Day

December 12, 2025
International News Briefs for Thursday, December 11, 2025

International News Briefs for Thursday, December 11, 2025

December 11, 2025
Expressionist Portraits from Cuba

Expressionist Portraits from Cuba

December 12, 2025
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Help Havana Times Continue in 2026

December 12, 2025
Machado Is Working Toward a Transition in Venezuela

Machado Is Working Toward a Transition in Venezuela

December 11, 2025
Chile’s Presidential Runoff This Sunday December 14th

Chile’s Presidential Runoff This Sunday December 14th

December 11, 2025

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Diaries

Life in the Dark: How Blackouts Fracture Daily Life in Cuba

Life in the Dark: How Blackouts Fracture Daily Life in Cuba

December 11, 2025
Public Policies Are Not Socialism

Public Policies Are Not Socialism

December 10, 2025
Wings and Wishes

Wings and Wishes

December 10, 2025
Chronicle of a Havana Tenement

Chronicle of a Havana Tenement

December 7, 2025
Past Difficulties that Illuminate the Present

Past Difficulties that Illuminate the Present

December 7, 2025
On “Kat of Nine”, Jenny Cressman’s Cuba-Based Short Story Collection

On “Kat of Nine”, Jenny Cressman’s Cuba-Based Short Story Collection

December 4, 2025

Opinion

Why Did the Cuban Regime Need to Bury Alejandro Gil?

Why Did the Cuban Regime Need to Bury Alejandro Gil?

December 10, 2025

I don’t write from an absolute truth, but from the moral obligation to think aloud. The case of Alejandro Gil is not a simple legal matter…

Tension in Venezuela: What Happens in Cuba if Maduro Falls?

Tension in Venezuela: What Happens in Cuba if Maduro Falls?

December 10, 2025
An Incredible Example of Cuban Democracy

An Incredible Example of Cuban Democracy

December 9, 2025
Soweto–Prague–Caracas: One Year Without Jesus Armas

Soweto–Prague–Caracas: One Year Without Jesus Armas

December 9, 2025

Features

Syrian journalists now enjoy freedom but also new risks

Syrian journalists now enjoy freedom but also new risks

December 12, 2025

“The first and most important difference is freedom of movement, the basis of any journalistic work,” said NoonPost’s reporter Hamza Abbas. 

Ecuador Freezes Accounts of Indigenous & Environmental Groups

Ecuador Freezes Accounts of Indigenous & Environmental Groups

December 12, 2025
Rural Women in Chile Bear Cost of Environmental Backsliding

Rural Women in Chile Bear Cost of Environmental Backsliding

December 11, 2025
Cuban Political Prisoner Aniette Gonzalez Finally Released

Cuban Political Prisoner Aniette Gonzalez Finally Released

December 11, 2025

Interview

Nicaragua Goes Deeper in Debt with “Chinese Solidarity”

Nicaragua Goes Deeper in Debt with “Chinese Solidarity”

December 10, 2025

“There is a “pattern” of borrowing from Chinese companies in Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.”

“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier

“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier

November 27, 2025
Rosa Ruiz: “I Have No One in Nicaragua to Ask About Yerri”

Rosa Ruiz: “I Have No One in Nicaragua to Ask About Yerri”

November 17, 2025
Climate Activists Demand Action at COP30 in Belem, Brazil

Climate Activists Demand Action at COP30 in Belem, Brazil

November 17, 2025

More News

Venezuela: Maria Corina Machado Arrives in Oslo

Venezuela: Maria Corina Machado Arrives in Oslo

December 10, 2025

After 2 a.m. (Norwegian time), the Nobel Peace Prize laureate spent more than 30 minutes with the Venezuelans gathered in the street.

Havana Weather for December 11-17

Havana Weather for December 11-17

December 10, 2025
Cold Winter Night, Ontario, Canada – Photo of the Day

Cold Winter Night, Ontario, Canada – Photo of the Day

December 10, 2025
“The Body as a Battlefield” Photographic Exhibition

“The Body as a Battlefield” Photographic Exhibition

December 10, 2025

Galeries

Abstract Photography

Abstract Photography

November 29, 2025

Abstract photography is photography in which the viewer cannot decipher what they are seeing. (20 photos)

Poverty and Solidarity Portrayed in Rio Cauto, Granma, Cuba

Poverty and Solidarity Portrayed in Rio Cauto, Granma, Cuba

November 18, 2025
Macrophotography in Cuba of Natural Elements

Macrophotography in Cuba of Natural Elements

November 16, 2025
HT 2025 Photo Contest Finalists

HT 2025 Photo Contest Finalists

October 30, 2025
The Agro-Industrial Fairs in Havana

The Agro-Industrial Fairs in Havana

October 23, 2025

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The 14th Havana Times Photo Contest Winners

The 14th Havana Times Photo Contest Winners

November 10, 2025

Today’s Song

Irla Milena & Jacinta Jazz – Song of the Day

Irla Milena & Jacinta Jazz – Song of the Day

December 8, 2025

Photo of the Day

A Yard in Dakar, Senegal – Photo of the Day

A Yard in Dakar, Senegal – Photo of the Day

December 8, 2025

SOS for Journalists

Colombia: Attempted Murder of a Journalist Stirs Fear

Colombia: Attempted Murder of a Journalist Stirs Fear

December 3, 2025

Havana Weather

Havana Weather for December 4-10

Havana Weather for December 4-10

December 3, 2025

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