Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Chavez in Cuba, Speculation Abounds

Speculation abounds this weekend about the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he enters his third week in Cuba after an operation for a pelvic abscess in Havana on June 10th.

Women-Only Buses Against Sexual Harassment

“We are all safer here; it’s great because this way there are no men groping you,” Jaqueline Escobar, a sales executive, told IPS on a bus that is exclusively for women, a service against sexual harassment that is being tried out in the Guatemalan capital.

Making Revolution in Cuba Today (Part 1)

“I’ve never criticized people; I criticize the methods, enthroned sectarianism; the democratic, socializing and libertarian deficits of the statist system that are presented as socialist. I involve myself in the world of ideas,” said Pedro Campos in an extensive interview with Havana Times.

Deep-Rooted Prejudice Against Immigrants in Argentina

Although Argentina’s immigration law is regarded as one of the most progressive in Latin America, xenophobia and discrimination persist, showing that progress is still more theoretical than practical.

Ancient Music Made in Cuba from Ars Longa

HT interviews soprano Teresa Paz, the director of ancient music group Ars Longa. As she noted, “Our group occupies a tremendous place within the context of defending Cuba’s musical legacy!”

Cuba Upset in Opener at Rotterdam

Cuba opened its play in the Rotterdam World Port Baseball Tournament on Friday with a surprise loss 6-4 to Curacao.

Chavez Sends Messages from Cuba

After nearly two weeks of silence recovering Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent public messages from Cuba via Twitter on Friday to congratulate his country’s army on their anniversary and let the population know he is with them.

US Congressman Diaz-Balart Seeks to Punish Cuban-Americans

Florida Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart claims his fellow Cuban-Americans are enjoying their freedom to visit family on the island way too much and are sending too much money to their relatives.

Rep. Flake Holds OFAC Accountable

Long time advocate for restoring the rights of all US Americans to travel to Cuba, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) successfully added an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations bill that would require the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the regulatory body that enforces the Cuba travel ban, to: provide a report on pending license applications related to education exchanges.

A Left-Right Cuba Political Map

Since the time of the French Revolution, politics has usually been classified in terms of left and right. In the 1990s, when doomsayers began to predict the end of everything — history, borders, geography and politics — they also predicted the end of that political classification.