Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Saudi Arabia to Try Women’s Rights Activist for Terrorism

Rights groups have condemned Saudi Arabia over the decision to try prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul in terrorism court.

Our photo of the day: “Friends in Varadero, Cuba” was taken by Ide Wilson Guimaraes (Canada) using a Google Pixel 2 XL camera.

In Guatemala, Indigenous leaders and thousands of protesters took to the streets of the western region of Sololá Monday.

Today’s featured artist is Venezuelan pianist Otmaro Ruiz with the song “Arabesque”, which he improvised in this performance (2017).

Recently, there are more suspected cases and deaths, which is why independent doctors warn that it could be the beginning of a new wave.

Our photo of the day: “Chess Players, Havana, Cuba”, was taken by Jessie Summers (England). Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ200

The temperature of the repression in Cuba has risen like a fever during the days of the pandemic. It’s a systematic, cellular fever.

Recent days have been quite tense in Havana. Events in the San Isidro neighborhood of Old Havana and at the Ministry of Culture were a jolt.

Renewed clashes between Polisario, a leftist rebel group, and Morocco is the latest armed confrontation riling the African continent.

This week our team addresses what has come to be called a period of new normality in Cuba. Cartoon Feature from El Toque