Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Communist Kleptocracy

Kleptocracy is the term used to describe the appropriation of public funds. This goes hand-in-hand with administrative corruption…

A product as basic and elemental as salt is has become yet another of problem for the island’s authorities.

The opposition is fragmented, in some cases spurred on by the Chavista party and in others due to the leaders’ ego wars.

Today’s featured artist is Yendry from the Dominican Republic and living in Italy, with a NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (2021).

“I’ve been waiting for a decent home for 23 years. I’m on the list to get a house, but my case has been delayed for one reason or another…”

Yolidia Hernandez from Nicaragua took our photo of the day: “Owl Butterfly” in Ometepe, Nicaragua.

“Uncompromising & compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism & the fate of refugees in the gulf between cultures and continents.”

Cuban writer Jose Lezama Lima (1910-1976), is the protagonist of the new documentary Letters to Eloisa that premieres on PBS on October 15th.

Jaime Navarrete is a political prisoner who has now spent over three years in the maximum-security cells of Ortega’s jail known as “El Modelo”

Partially cloudy from the morning, and after noon the cloudiness will increase, giving rise to showers that in some locations can be intense.