Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba Loses VB 2nd Round Opener to Dutch

The Netherlands women’s volleyball team had a surprisingly easy time in defeating Cuba three sets to one in their first match of the second round of the World Championships being played in Japan.

No Fatalities Reported in Cuba from Tomas

The passing of Hurricane Tomas through the Winward Strait close to far eastern Guantanamo, Cuba left no fatal victims nor considerable material damage reported thus far, said Civil Defense authorities.

Amazon Battle Between Jungle and Livestock

Aldeci “Nenzinho” Cerqueira Maia was 18 years old and already married when his mother died. A rubber tapper or “seringueiro” from the age of nine, he still keeps a rubber ball he made himself when he first started working, as a kind of good luck charm.

US Rules Out Gross-Cuban 5 Prisoner Swap

The U.S. government ruled out a possible exchange of contractor Alan Gross, detained in Cuba since December 2009, for Cuban Gerardo Hernández, who is serving a double life sentence in the U.S., or another of the five members of a Cuban intelligence network dismantled in 1998, according to a letter of the Departments of State and of Justice to Republican Representative Lincoln Díaz-Balart.

Cuba’s Citrus Cultivation in Crisis

Citrus cultivation, the former symbol of the Isle of Youth, the second largest of the Cuban archipelago, is in a deep crisis, reported IPS. That sector’s cultivation areas have been affected by plagues, hurricanes and the spread of the marabú weed, in addition to organizational deficiencies, Camilo Company Azcuy, director of the Comandante Jesús Montané Oropesa Citrus Agro-industrial Company.

The Gateway to Eastern Cuba

When moving from the center of Cuba, Las Tunas is the first province you’ll run into of the five that make up the eastern region of the island. This is why someone dubbed it the gateway of eastern Cuba. (25 photos)

Haiti on Maximum Alert for Tomas

Haiti is on Red Alert on Friday as Hurricane Tomas approaches from the south, already extending its winds and rain towards the country still trying to recover from the January earthquake and the recent cholera outbreak. Here is the latest report from Haitilibre.com.