Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba’s Habanos Cigar Festival Brings in US $17 Million

The lucrative humidor auction closed the event. The government says the money goes to the Cuban Health System.

Juan Carlos Ampie’s picks. Best Picture: Anora or Conclave; Actors: Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet, Zoe Saldaña; Foreign Film: I Am Still Here.

It’s civil society’s turn to take a step forward, as at other times, to curtail the regressive tendencies now afflicting the United States.

Matt Levy from the United States took our photo of the day: “Deer in the Bush”, in California, USA.

An open secret is that much of the bread sold by street vendors is made in the same bakeries that make the rationed bread rolls.

Experts noted that the climate of intimidation in society “is fueled by the widespread impunity and selective justice” in Venezuela.

“My personal feeling is that we’re on our own. The government only remembers us for taxes, even though the country’s reality is worse…”

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Rosario Murillo has sworn in 30,000 hooded “volunteers” in Managua, which experts affirm will comprise her own repressive army.

As I do when I retreat to a mountain or to the sea, today I wanted to avoid pessimism, but without escaping the city. (11 photos)