Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Chinese Superstores Mushroom in Nicaragua

Huge stores full of Chinese products have been flooding Nicaraguan cities. Employees are not offered benefits or a formal work contract.

We speak with two former Israeli soldiers who are members of Breaking the Silence, an anti-occupation group of Israeli army veterans.

Mutunzi Elie from Canada took our photo of the day: “Sudbury Suburb”, in Ontario, Canada.

“In Cuba we don’t even get a good eclipse.” Another passer-by replied with a sneer: “It’s the fault of the [United States] blockade.”

The invasion of the Mexican embassy in Quito by the Ecuadorian police is a huge setback in international and diplomatic law.

The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship orders all State powers, schools, universities, municipal and regional governments to “celebrate” April.

As with most of the 78,000 people detained during the “war against gangs,” prosecutors accused Agustin of “unlawful association”.

In Holguin, as in most of the Island, private businesses are rapidly replacing dilapidated state-owned companies infrastructure.

“The zone needs to be flooded, not only with aid … but also with humanitarian workers,” concludes Arwa Damon.

The trial for 27 people charged in connection with the Panama Papers scandal began Monday in Panama City, 8 years after the massive data leak.