Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Alexa Tarantino – Song of the Day

Today’s featured artist is US saxophonist Alexa Tarantino with her quartet performing “Violet Sky” live at the Birdland in New York (2022)

Here are the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday January 20, 2025.

Two events this past week pointed to the deteriorating (economically speaking) state of sports and athletes in Cuba.

Ecuador and Nicaragua violated the victims’ right to live with dignity and subjected them to situations equivalent to torture…

Ferrer was released on Thursday after three and a half years in prison, although his sentence had technically expired last December.

The same mistake is now being made in Cuba with the Chinese photovoltaic parks, which are doomed to failure.

On January 3, 2023, Sandra’s son decided to embark for the USA, together with another 24 Cubans, all hoping to find a better place to live.

Leaving prison is an overwhelming experience. The sounds cease to be just the squeaks of the bars and begin to be familiar voices.

“They have left the small prison to enter the big prison,” said an elderly Cuban woman on Thursday.

Today’s featured group is the Pat Metheny Trio (with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez) from the US & the song “Dreaming Trees” (2008).