Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

HIV/AIDS and Syphilis Numbers Rise in Cuba

Sexual education campaigns aren’t enough to stop HIV. Condoms are the main form of prevention and there have been shortages for 10 years.

La Prensa newspaper compiles testimonies from Cubans who prefer to stay in Nicaragua, for now, instead of heading to the United States.

Deb Vinski from Canada took our photo of the day: “Swing on the Water” in Varadero, Cuba.

She hasn’t violated any criminal statute. To fight for the freedom of ones country will always be a high honor for a citizen.

She was the daughter of Dioscorus, who locked her in a castle to prevent her from marrying young & from becoming a Christian. (33 photos)

The attack killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and injured six others, including Agence France-Presse reporter Christina Assi.

The highs will be between 26 and 29ºC (79 and 84 F) in the western half of the country, with the lows between 18 and 22ºC (64 and 72 F).

Tim Cholowski from Canada took our photo of the day: “Dog on the Roof”, in Holguin, Cuba.

Producers do not know how they will finance the harvest, and they fear that companies will begin to pay them less for their export coffee.

Israeli tanks are pushing further into the southern city of Khan Younis as its deadly ground assault continues & Palestinian casualties rise.