Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba Press Warns of US Warship Moves

The leading Cuban newspaper sent out a warning on Monday due to “the passing of 12 US and Israeli warships in the Suez Canal in the last 48 hours and heading towards the Red Sea.”

Raul Castro Meets Vatican FM Mamberti

President Raul Castro met on Sunday afternoon with Vatican Foreign Minister Dominique Mamberti on the final day of his official visit to Cuba.

Basic Economic Precepts of Stalinist Socialism

The Stalinists argue that those sacrifices by workers are necessary to develop the economy, as if this were a sector separate and different from development and human well-being. They constantly sacrifice the present for a socialist future that never comes…

Cuba-USA Make Progress on Migration

Cuban and US representatives are making progress in “the identification of aspects that enable us to strengthen the struggle against the trafficking of emigrants,” during the third round of bilateral migration talks, which were resumed in 2009, reported an official statement by the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Both countries could meet again late this year.

Cuba Duo Buena Fe in Venezuela

I’d already heard that the Cuban duo was well-liked by the public in this country of tangled mountains and great rivers. But as I approached the Teresa Carreño Theater recently, it was confirmed by me that a wide section of Venezuelan music lovers avidly follows the songs of the two Guantanamo natives. (11 photos)

Hillary’s Latest Remarks on Cuba

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Cuba should free US agent Alan Gross, detained in Cuba for allegedly distributing illegal satellite equipment to opposition groups. Gross was arrested last December at the end of his mission for Development Alternatives Inc., a global consulting firm that also works for the US government in countries like Afghanistan.

Cuba’s Big Threat: Rising Sea Level

The rising sea level caused by climate change is the principal environmental threat facing Cuba today, affirmed First Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment Fernando Gonzalez Bermúdez at the 8th International Congress on Disasters, being held in the island’s capital.

Cuba Gov. Downsizes Health Staff

The Cuban authorities have practically concluded the process of downsizing public health staff, announced Armando Guerra Vilanova, national labor director of the economic area of that ministry. The government’s aim is “to establish rational, flexible staffs that respond to the real interests of the system for the good operation of its institutions.”

Heroes or Villains?

The crux of the matter is that any calamity that causes Cuba to suffer hunger, war, shortages of medicine or insufficient financial resource rebounds in the lives of all Cubans on the island, as well as with the dissidents, with their relatives and with their friends.

Cuba Insists on Reforms to UN

Cuba reiterated its call to speed up the reforms in the UN Security Council in statements by Rodolfo Benítez, the island’s representative, when speaking at the 5th round of intergovernmental negotiations on changes to that multilateral agency. Benítez expressed the support of his government and of other countries for a more balanced and effective relationship between the Security Council and the General Assembly.