Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba: Playing with Fire

If this tension continues to build, a spark could ignite another mass protest—one so far been held back by the fear of brutal reprisals.

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.

Alamar, a “model” community on the east side of Havana, was a project launched with great fanfare by the revolution in the 1970s. (35 photos)

Xavier Anaise from France took our photo of the day: “Ox Carts”, in Vietnam.

Governments of Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, traditionally supporters of Russia and Iran, adopt positions from a different perspective.

The family of the former military officer denounces cruel punishment, total isolation, and a lack of specialized medical care.

Many people watch one day pass after another as if life lasted a thousand years, doing the same tasks, with the goal to find food for the day

Her election took place during a vote held at the 55th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Antigua and Barbuda.

The situation in Cuba is critical. On June 15, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Cuba recognized this in a Message for the Jubilee Year.

Entry bans and denial of consular services are part of the persecution targeting exiled Nicaraguans over the last several years.