Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

June Comes to Havana Pictures

Come rain or shine Juan takes to streets virtually every day to capture daily life scenes, its more than a habit, its a total passion to let you know what’s going on in people’s lives. (15 photos)

Rio Club Opens for Cuban Rock Fans

On Friday May 18th, I heard on the radio that El Jonny, now the Rio Club, would be reopening. I was pleased to hear the news as I had always been curious to visit this club that was built before 1959. It is located in Havana’s Playa municipality, between the river that passes through and 5th Avenue in Miramar.

UN: 1 million Venezuelans Have Fled in Last Seven Months

One million people have left Venezuela since last November as the exodus from the crisis-hit South American country has continued to skyrocket, UN agencies said on Friday in Geneva.

Nicaragua: The Children of Ortega’s Political Prisoners

It’s 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20. Abril Ariana, 10, Roberto Leonel, 8, and Angel Neomar, 3 months old haven’t had their Dad at home for many months. Their mother, Mazkiel Hernandez, has made countless visits to the El Chipote jail, to the La Modelo prison, to the courts and to the local and international human rights organizations to denounce her husband’s detention.

Invisible Racism in Cuba

Racism doesn’t have to be overt or radically expressed as the persecution, slavery and extermination of a race, as these extreme situations are just the tip of the iceberg. It’s what we can’t see that is the most worrying because it isn’t aggressive, it forms a part of our everyday lives.

A Call to End Tobacco and Rum Advertising in Cuba

Cuban author and journalist Hugo Luis Sanchez just made a request to Cuba’s health authorities, calling on them to back the approval of a law which would ban all publicity that encourages the consumption of cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, a growing trend among the country’s youth.