Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

She Was Released from Jail but Banished from Nicaragua

“I’m fine. Sad, angry, emotional, but okay,” she told me. Then her voice broke into intense crying. “They still have other women locked up.”

August undoubtedly brought positive change with the the entry into operation of a desalinizing plant. Construction had begun five years ago.

Once again after a large prisoner release/banishment, ten political prisoners from before the 2018 protests and others remain in jail.

“The ‘chemical’ is cheaper than a soft drink,” says an outraged Alberto Turis Betancourt.

“We thought this would never end, but God heard us,” says one of the 135 exiles. Former prisoners confirm physical and psychological torture.

Many young people in Cuba give up their studies to become street vendors, messengers, and cobblers. Leonel is 24 and left his music classes.

Today’s featured artist is Natalia Lafourcade from Mexico with Los Macorinos in a video performance of the song “Alma Mia” (2017).

Palestinian mother: “A cry of pain comes from the depths of my heart. I want the whole world to hear it…”

“Nicaragua’s release of journalists Víctor Ticay and Fabiola Tercero brings us relief, but they should never have been imprisoned…”

Amid increased poverty, a migratory exodus, and greater repression against dissent, the term resurfaces in the government’s public discourse.