Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

The Hour of Charcoal Arrives to Havana

When my mother told me that the hour of charcoal had arrived, I didn’t feel the shiver of excitement that used to herald celebrations…

I knew the grave where the mother of dictator Fulgencio Batista was buried, before the current dictatorship.

Some were denied because the Ortega regime had filed bogus charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. Several are appealing.

Our featured band is Fertil Miseria (Fertile Misery) from Colombia with a presentation of “Visiones de la Muerte” (Visions of death) (2018).

They wear white T-shirts, black pants, black shoes, and identical black polyester masks to conceal their faces.

Xavier Anaise from France took our photo of the day: “Nordic Houses”, in Solo, Norway.

Here are the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday January 16, 2025.

The present in Cuba, unclassifiable by any euphemism, is without a doubt the harshest times we’ve gone through on this island.

Highs will range between 25 and 29ºC (77 and 84°F), lows between 19 and 21ºC (66 and 70°F). The sea surface temperature will be 26ºC (79°F).

Nicaragua “is a democracy that has been completely annihilated,” he stated during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.