Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Nicaragua: Those Who Criticize Ortega’s Gov. Pay a Price

UN High Commissioner denounces “serious deterioration” of human rights, total closure of democratic space, and arbitrary prison sentences.

Persecuted by regimes intolerant of free expression, reporters from Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador have been forced to work from exile.

In several provincial cities, events were also held September 11, to repudiate the coup d’état and reiterate commitments to democracy.

Nan Black from the United States took our photo of the day: “Beauty and Decay”, in Havana, Cuba.

Organized by Extinction Rebellion, .they rallied on a major highway to demand their government stop funding fossil fuel companies.

For many parents, their child going to school is a source of pride and joy. For others, it’s a source of concern and unease…

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said those events can’t be “erased even with all the water of the oceans”.

“Sharing this emotional walk, in a complicit silence, was an opportunity to meet, hug and strengthen our tireless resolve for never again.”

Today’s featured artist is Cuban tres guitar player Olivia Soler Espinosa with a performance of the song “Influencias” (2023).

“This is why the Revolution is advancing,” another commenter said with irony, while most reminded advertisers how much food cost here.