The Dilemma Many Cubans Face: Buy Food or Medicines?
“The 1,000 pesos I had saved to buy a little piece of meat are going to go on medicines,” says a retired woman in San Jose de las Lajas, Havana.
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Author: Circles Robinson
Norm Solomon on “The Blue Road to Trump Hell”
A report from the organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised “autopsy” from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not…
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Havana Weather for January 1-7, 2026
Highs will be between 22 and 28°C (72–82°F), and lows between 17 and 20°C (63–68°F). Sea surface temperatures will be around 26°C (79°F).
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Nicaragua: Letter to My Missing Father, Carlos Brenes
This time it is worse, crueler than in 2018. No one confirms where the political prisoners are, there are no visits, no delivery of packages, not even medication.
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Cuba: The Crime of “Stimulating Adverse Opinions”
Authorities link the eight defendants to “the possession of materials related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”.
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Relics in Havana: A Story Frozen in Time
They arrived in Cuba in the late 1940s and 1950s, a period of intense vehicle imports and expansion of the national automotive fleet.
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International News Briefs for Wednesday, December 31, 2025
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
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Rosinha de Valença – Song of the Day
Today’s featured artist is Rosinha de Valença from Brazil with a live TV performance of Baden Powell’s “Consolação” in 1966.
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Faby Rodriguez’s Return Journey to Cuba
Faby Rodríguez, 22, did not think she would be detained that morning, that it would be her last day of freedom in the United States.
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Nicaragua: 12 Key News Stories in 2025
The dynastic co-presidency, purges within power, Chinese influence, transnational repression, and the impact of the Trump era defined 2025.
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