Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba’s Parallel Reality

At least the president admitted to missteps in managing the economy—but according to him, those happened due to external pressures.

So far 11 photographers have sent in their entries. We also look forward to receiving your best photos. You have until September 15th.

The peasant leader led protests against the proposed expropriation of their lands to build the proposed interoceanic canal.

“We never take away hope. I mean, that’s our whole thing. If you don’t have it, then what are we doing this for?”

This story begins like most tragedies in Cuba: a blackout of catastrophic proportions and a now ornamental only cooking gas cylinder.

Today’s featured band is Cementerio de Elefantes y Cero from Ecuador with a live recording of their song “La única de tus días” (2017).

In Cuba, some of us laugh at how naïve these attempts are to trap people so easily in a country mostly closed to financial flows.

A new business has just joined the wave of dollarization in Havana—located not just anywhere, but in the city’s largest and oldest market.

The most unexpected news of the Trump administration and its followers is the awakening of a popular and civic resistance.

Tired of being shuffled from one office to another, Lazaro Aguilar wanted to speak with the mayor, but police & State Security arrived instead