Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Humor and Political Satire: Nicaraguans’ Revenge

Chroniclers of the Nicaraguan tragedy use the power of social media to mock the absurdity of power. “Memes are alive, the struggle thrives.”

After the large-scale protests of July, the regime has moved at full speed to pass decrees to control publications on the internet.

Over the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean, a medium to high probability of tropical cyclone formation is expected during the next 5 days.

Yordanka Caridad from Cuba took our photo of the day: “Squinting” in Lara, Venezuela.

Today’s featured band is Estrellas de Chocolate from Cuba with the song “Tu y Yo” from the album “Fiesta en Curacao” (1960).

Uncertainty grows over the future of the Ortega regime’s political prisoners when the 90-day deadline for ongoing investigation expires.

In Brazil, thousands of Indigenous people marched on the capitol in Brasília Tuesday protesting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

There is a soundtrack of the disaster that is barely mentioned but that surrounds us on all sides, echoing what we heard in the 1990s.

Every international sanction imposed on top Ortega officials is followed by an increase in repressive acts against the country’s citizens.

Violations of human rights in Nicaragua are “inadmissible;” sovereignty and self-determination are only “pretexts,” assures COPPPAL