Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Gioconda Belli: The Elections Are Merely “Ortega Ratifying His Power”

The writer says she has “absolutely no hope” that the ballots “will alter the situation in Nicaragua” since “they’re fraudulent votes.”

The closure of the YouTube channels occurred two days after Facebook, eliminated a “cross-government troll farm” in Nicaragua.

High temperatures will drop this week starting Saturday, to between 26 & 30° C (79 & 86 F), and the lows between 20 and 22° C (68 and 72 F).

Ed Wrobel from Canada took our photo of the day: “Summerland” in British Colombia, Canada.

A lawyer for Lambda Legal, which brought the lawsuits, celebrated the news: “No one should continue to pay the price for past discrimination”

In Central Havana the garbage cans have overflowed again. On the corner of Hospital St., residents complain about the mountain of waste.

Over the past year, authorities have expanded their arsenal of tactics to suppress independent reporting and target individual journalists…

Paul Jennings of Canada took our photo of the day: “Grizzly Bear Chasing Salmon” in British Columbia, Canada.

“The use of government employees and infrastructure to run large-scale, cross-platform troll operations is an especially troubling trend

Local media is reporting military forces shelled a restive town in Chin state, destroying 160 structures, including at least two churches.