Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

The Resilience of the Cuban Farmer – Photo of the Day

Gary Rosenfeld from the United States took our photo of the day: “The Resilience of the Cuban Farmer,” in Viñales.

Full of words, the 12-meter-high structure in Old Havana’s Plaza de Armas is a hymn to freedom and the power of literature.

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Reform eliminates municipal autonomy, suppresses the independence of state powers, and fully subordinates the Army and Police.

Those in power in Cuba, in order to maintain their prerogatives, insist on the irrevocability of the system.

Today’s featured artist is Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux with the song “Somos Sur” (2014).

The image in the cities is repeated: dark and impoverished streets, lit only by luxurious hotels that most Cubans cannot access.

The authors of the Isla Libre project call on citizens to “wake up and act” through peaceful civil resistance.

Majed Bamya: “There is no right to mass killing of civilians. There is no right to starve an entire civilian population.”

A cold front is advancing over the southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and is very close to entering the western part of the country.