Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Gaza Bombing Destruction: Special to HT

On Friday afternoon I hired a car with another woman and went around Gaza to see some of the devastation wrought by Israeli attacks overnight. (30 photos)

A 15-M Participant in Cuba

“Look! Somebody from 15-M right here beside me!” exclaimed one participant. Her joy perhaps expressed the thoughts of the majority of people who gathered at the Friday forum organized by the Critical Observatory Network. (12 photos)

Cuba Off Route of TS Harvey

Tropical Storm Harvey was born on Friday in the western Caribbean and is headed for a landing in Belize sometime Saturday afternoon. The storm, packing 60 mph (100 kph) winds poses no threat to Cuba as it moves west, shows the forecast chart of the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET).

Brazil Revs Up South-South Cooperation

As one of the world’s emerging economic powerhouses, Brazil is vigorously pursuing one of the key economic objectives on the U.N.’s development agenda: South-South Cooperation.

True Friends Are Always There

It would have been even more difficult if it hadn’t been for those relatives and friends who are always close, the ones who help you when no one else thinks about you, those who call you when others forgot and who make you smile when you’ve begun to believe that everything’s over.

Brazil: Biofuel Production – Local Development or Social Breakdown?

Biofuels are an alternative energy source that can drive local development by generating jobs, know-how and technology. But they can also cause social damage, as locals fear in the case of industrial-scale exploitation of babassu palm trees, which grow abundantly in the wild in central and northern Brazil.

Less Cash on Cuba’s Streets

“Baro has disappeared,” repeat Cubans, implying that not as much money is circulating as before. They note that you can no longer sell anything at any price because people deliberate much more before making purchases.

Monied Cubans Flock to Varadero Hotels

Privileged Cubans are flocking in record numbers this summer to Varadero Hotels reported the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday.

US Crackdown on French Firm over Cuba

The US blockade on Cuba continues strong with the latest casualty being the French shipping and transport giant CMA CGM. The firm was fined US $374,400 for doing business with Washington’s eternal Cold War enemy in Havana as well as Iran and Sudan.

Native Peruvians ‘More Marginalized Despite Growth’

For the first time, a representative of the indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazonas region is sitting in Congress: Eduardo Nayap, an Awajún leader who played a central role in the lengthy protests against laws that opened up native territories in the rainforest to oil, mining and logging companies.