Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

The Morning of the New Year, Boca de Camarioca, Cuba – Photo of the Day

Mike Ross from Canada took our photo of the day “The Morning of the New Year”, in Boca de Camarioca, Cuba.

Justifications for dictatorship as they attempt to defend the indefensible—legitimizing tyrants and the brutal concentration of power.

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on, Monday, April 21, 2025.

I’ve noticed this growing trend at the supermarket where I work and at stores, car washes, or barbecue stands.

Sometimes you feel like crying, you hold it in, and no one notices your feeling of helplessness. Other times, you can’t hide it.

“Art is about healing, about helping people keep their sensitivity, fall in love with what they see, feel, build new emotions.” (13 photos)

According to official statistics, state bread production in Cuba has fallen by 34 percent over the past six years.

Stories from “In April I Was Still Alive”: Interrogations in the prisons of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s dictatorship.

Barely enough to buy four bottles of cooking oil or two and a half cartons of 30 eggs in the small private shops when they are available.

Sometimes I wonder at what moment it stopped being a house. In Cuba, shuttered houses have become a metaphor for absence.