Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Gentrification and Prices in Cuba

Cuba is experiencing a gentrification process that not everyone will survive. Old Havana, with its restoration focused on tourism, is a prominent municipality in this regard.

Venezuelan Opposition Announces New Talks Mediated by Norway

The Venezuelan opposition and government have launched a new round of talks mediated by Norway, opposition representative Stalin Gonzalez said on Wednesday.

Nicaragua News from the Past that Seems Like the Present

Avil Ramírez, has been responsible for rescuing the historical memory of Nicaragua, showing through newspaper clippings, the news that was recorded by the main newspapers since fifty years ago and that today warn us that we have repeated the history.

Havana Weather for August 1-7

For this forecast week we will have partly cloudy sunrises and from midday on the cloudiness will increase, with rains and some occasional thunderstorms. The high temperatures will be at 31 and 32° C (88 and 90 F), and the lows at 24 and 25° (75 and 77 F).

Elena Burke (Cuba) – HT Song of the Day

Our featured artist today is Elena Burke con Orquesta Gama from Cuba. Song: “Mil congojas” from the album “Moraima Secada” (1969). Read how you can share your favorite songs.

Lamparilla St., Old Havana, Cuba – Photo of the Day

Lamparilla St., Old Havana, Cuba. By W. Wilson (Virginia, USA). Camera: Google Pixel 2

Explosive Detonated Outside Costa Rican TV Station Teletica

Costa Rican authorities must fully investigate the detonation of an explosive device outside the San José offices of television station Teletica and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Trump Condemns Cuba’s Regime but Closes the Door to Many who Flee

The hotel charged by the hour, but the two young Cubans – dirty, hungry and dazed after being released from detention in the United States and pushed back into Mexico – had nowhere else to go.

Slogans and Campaigns that Shackle Us in Cuba

You end up forming some kind of allergy, rash and swelling included, when you’re bombarded with the same pests, day after day. What’s the trending phrase at the moment in Cuban political discourse? The national economy’s “Productive chains”. The president says it, and then so does Tom, Dick and Harry, every booster and amplifier in turn.

Mass Firing of Medical Staff from Hospitals in Nicaragua, One Year On

July 27, marked a year since we were fired from the “Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello” Teaching Hospital in Leon, Nicaragua. Very early that day, Hospital Director Judith Lejarza, in the role of Angel of Death, gave the fateful news to the first group of doctors and hospital workers that they had been fired from Nicaragua’s public hospitals, for completely political reasons.