Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba 2nd at Dutch Baseball Tourney

The Haarlem Baseball Week came to a close on Sunday with Cuba winning a rematch against The Netherlands but still finishing in second place to the hosts who had already clinched the championship.

Bicentennial Sailing Regatta

The training ship that recently visited Havana’s port was part of the 2010 Libertadoras Bicentennial Sailing Regatta, a group of frigates from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile that were launched to celebrate the bicentennial of the 19th century liberation wars in Latin America. Their mission was to also deliver a message of friendship to the different ports in which they stopped over.(23 photos)

Afraid of Everything

The first time I saw my mother cry was over a cat that some boys on the block had thrown against a wall. There it was, in a box, where not the old towel it was wrapped in, nor lukewarm milk nor our caresses could save its life.

Netherlands Wins Haarlem Baseball Week

The Netherlands clinched first place Saturday in the Haarlem Baseball Week tournament that concludes on Sunday. The undefeated host team defeated Japan 10-9.

Mariela Castro Wants Policies for Youth

Mariela Castro, director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), said in statements to the German magazine Der Spiegel that she was in favor of “a more attractive policy for young people, so that also from the economic point of view staying (in Cuba) makes sense to them.” The emigration of young professionals is one of the challenges faced by the island’s government.

Act Now to Get $300,000 in Cuba Funds

The deadline for applying is July 26, by coincidence, the biggest national holiday in Cuba, remembering the 1953 attack on the Moncada garrison that sparked the Cuban Revolution.

Fidel Castro with Cuba’s Diplomats

Former President Fidel Castro met in Havana on Friday with senior Cuban Foreign Affairs officials including numerous ambassadors. His talk centered on the threats to humanity posed by possible US attacks on Iran and/or North Korea.

Solidarity Is in the “DNA” of Human Beings

“Today, more than ever, coordination is necessary between the private sector, the public sector and civil society. Solidarity economics contributes new forms of non-State public ownership that defends the interests of the people and not of capital,” said Cristina Calvo in Havana.

Cuba Beats USA Assures Second

Cuba’s baseball team assured at least a second place finish by hanging on to defeat the United States 4-3 on Friday in the Haarlem Baseball Week taking place in Holland.

Books on Cuba’s Summer Streets

“Book Night” was held recently on 23rd Avenue in the capital city’s Vedado district. This was the fourth annual edition of an event that officially inaugurates the summer season in Cuba and is organized simultaneously in all the provincial capitals.(23 photos)