Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

See You Soon, Howard

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010), a militant anarchist, social activist, historian and American political scientist, has left on a new journey.

Resistance Strategy in Honduras

For the coup supporters and their international allies, it will be the date of reconciliation and the return to normality by the country. For the Resistance, however, it will mark the continuity of a coup-supporting dictatorial régime controlled by the military and factions that are attempting to absolve themselves of their crimes and to deepen the neoliberal economic model.

Cuba Opens 4th Field Hospital in Haiti

Hundreds of persons began being treated this morning in the fourth field hospital installed by the Cuban medical brigade in Haiti, this one in Croix des Bouquets, 10 miles from the center of Port-au-Prince, where a group of Cuban healthcare professionals are working together with Haitian students from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM).

Emigrants: Cuba’s #2 Source of Tourists

In 2009 emigrants were the second most important source of tourists for Cuba, with the arrival of 296,000 persons born in the country but residing abroad. Canada continues being the most important tourist market for Cuba, with more than 914,000 visitors, followed by Great Britain and Spain.

Cuba In As ALBA Currency Takes Effect

A ledger book currency called the SUCRE took effect Wednesday among the countries belonging to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) and has a value of US $1.25, announced Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Lobo Sworn In; Zelaya Leaves Honduras

Porfirio Lobo, who was sworn in Wednesday as president of Honduras, urged the people of his country and the international community to “forget the past” and move ahead towards reconciliation. Shortly after Lobo’s inauguration, Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted as president in a Jun. 28 coup, boarded a plane to the Dominican Republic, where he will stay briefly before settling in Mexico with his family.

Cuba Seeks Greater Zeolite Production

Possessing significant deposits, Cuba hopes to increase the exploitation of natural zeolitic, a mineral group whose properties and used in certain products and technologies that contribute to environmental protection.

US Sen. for Ending Cuba Shows

Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin democrat, wrote President Obama on Wednesday calling on him to end the US government funding of Radio and TV Marti, stations beamed illegally from the United States to Cuba.

Cuba’s Émigrés: The Absent Voice

If this conference translates into true dialogue, and not a monologue or secret meetings of the privileged, the forum will discuss issues of the normalization of immigration, which is a concern to most Cubans and whose reform is a matter under the exclusive authority (in the sense of power and capacity) of the Cuban state.

Can you put me in touch with the clinic that performs sex-change surgery?

Sex-change surgery, also known as SRS or sex reassignment surgery, is a procedure that changes a person’s genital organs from one gender to another.

In 1979, Cuba identified 122 people who wanted to have sex changes, with the first operation performed nine years later. But because of a negative reaction from society at large, subsequent sex-change procedures were prohibited so as to focus on public education.