Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuban Mothers Who Protest and the Power that Represses Them

Before her arrest, Mayelin, a mother of three children, shouted from a platform: “Where is the Revolution…? Everything has fallen apart.”

Ecuadorian police said Aguilar’s body was hit by 30 bullets and that they, and the Attorney General’s office, were investigating the crime.

Many of these merchants of hardship worked their entire useful life for the State and now survive in the rawest form of indigence.

The Penal Code punishes those who incite others to beg, and the penalty increases if they are children or disabled people.

Today’s featured artist is Pepe Vasquez from Peru with the song Jipi Jay recorded in 1982.

Five of the seven women are classified as suffering “forced disappearance,” their exact whereabouts and condition unknown.

They’re designed to be a short-term solution. But in Cuba, solutions to the housing problem have moved at a snail’s pace for decades.

La Güira National Park, is a paradise in the midst of the humid mountains in Cuba’s westernmost province of Pinar del Rio. (10 photos)

Potatoes have just arrived at the rationed markets in Havana and Cubans do not need a town crier to alert the population.

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, March 7, 2025.