Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Guatemalan Newspaper Closes after 10 Months of Persecution

The founder of El Periodico de Guatemala, José Ruben Zamora, has been in prison since July 2022, accused without evidence…

Kast’s advantage is that he spoke clearly and directly. No Constitution or rules. Just order and progress, and crime, drugs, and migration.

The International Federation of the Red Cross warns that the situation “could jeopardize much-needed humanitarian activities in the country.”

Raphael Goldberg from the United States took our photo of the day: “Speedy Old-timer”, in Matanzas, Cuba.

Today’s featured artist is Xiomara Alfaro from Cuba with the song “Brisa Tropical” from the album “Latin Nightingale” (1958).

The ultra-right will now have a political dilemma, which perhaps will hardly go well, since it will control a body that it despises.

It’s not just the closure of yet another NGO, but an end to humanitarian protections from a neutral Red Cross.

Dania Adas was 19. Her 16-year-old sister Iman was also killed in the attack, which had targeted the building next to theirs.

Some of the demonstrators shouted threats, including “Gorriti, your days are numbered” and “Gorriti: you will die.”

The movie premiered in Miami in 2021, and it tells the chilling stories of political prisoners under the Cuban regime in the early 1960s.