Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Silvino Jr. – Song of the Day

Today’s featured artist is Silvino Jr. from Brazil with the song “So E Presente” (1961). Send us some of your favorites to share.

Francis Chow from Canada took the photo of the day: “Two women on the Malecon” in Havana, Cuba using a Canon T5 camera.

“Our position, from the opposition, should be to tell the Ortega-Murillo regime we are not willing to play their game,” said Berta Valle

Ortega says any “weaklings” opposed to his government are “coup mongers” paid by the disrespectful Yankees, and thus deserve jail.

Peraza explained that with several candidates in jail none of the “enabling conditions” exist to hold free elections in Nicaragua.

The doctor’s is one block away, I opened the door of the building and went out. The State Security agent walked beside me…

Five of the political prisoners’ defense attorneys have fled the country, following an uptick in threats against them.

Mike Pobega from the United States took the photo of the day: “Slicing up the Pig” in Havana, Cuba. He used his Nikon 1J5 camera.

The Mexican government is sending two boatloads of food and medical supplies to Cuba, including oxygen tanks, needles and syringes.

This new landscape seems to indicate it isn’t a good time for those who bet on the start of more beneficial & constructive US-Cuba relations.