Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Ortega Condemns La Prensa, Justifies Blow to Press Freedom

He accuses the daily of “money laundering” without evidence, attacks the “devil’s priests,” and says that “to slander the State is a crime.”

Carlos F. Chamorro: “This threat is destined to fail, because they can never confiscate independent journalism.”

Participating in any type of organization not controlled by the FSLN has become a crime in Nicaragua, even worse if it’s an NGO.

Greg Rothschild from the USA took our photo of the day: “The other side of the Malecon seawall”, in Havana, Cuba with a Fuji XT-2 camera.

The Ortega-Murillo government continues to be at war with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Now 40 have stripped of their legal status

“The objective is to silence us, silencing independent journalism and closing this media that has so much history over more 90+ years.”

The death toll from Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake has reached nearly 1,300, with thousands more injured, Rescue operations continue.

The things that have changed since July 11th are only to cover up the tense sense of calm that Cubans have been living with for over a year.

Enma, 77, goes out early in the morning and heads to the countryside in search of medicinal plants to help alleviate her neighbor’s ailments.

The Inter American Press Association condemns the ransacking of the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa and the arrest of its General Manager.