Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba’s Food Dependence on the USA Grows

Imports of pork, sugar, coffee, grains and animal feed reach record highs despite advance payment required.

Violent attacks and threats waged by a coalition of militarized gangs are among the many risks Haitian journalists face to report the news.

The news about what is being cooked up in the upper echelons of the country surprised me in the early hours of Wednesday.

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, December 15, 2025.

With more than 99% of ballots counted, Jose Antonio Kast garnered 58.2% of the vote, while Jeannette Jara managed 41.8%.

Among those pardoned were citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Australia, Japan, Lithuania, and Latvia.

Viruses—about six of them are circulating, a friend tells me. There may be more. Who knows? They attack relentlessly, all the time.

Felix Maradiaga: “we shouldn’t place all our hope in solutions that come from outside; we have to organize an internal force of resistance”.

Cuban authorities have had to introduce the hated dollar into the official vocabulary, according to them, on a temporary basis.

Chileans vote in a runoff presidential election on Sunday that is expected to result in the South American country’s sharp rightward shift.