Cuba Archives - Havana Times

Cooking with Charcoal and Not Dying in the Attempt

This story begins like most tragedies in Cuba: a blackout of catastrophic proportions and a now ornamental only cooking gas cylinder.

In Cuba, some of us laugh at how naïve these attempts are to trap people so easily in a country mostly closed to financial flows.

A new business has just joined the wave of dollarization in Havana—located not just anywhere, but in the city’s largest and oldest market.

Tired of being shuffled from one office to another, Lazaro Aguilar wanted to speak with the mayor, but police & State Security arrived instead

Verdecia wrote phrases such as: “no more blackouts, down with Diaz-Canel, and demanded freedom for political prisoners.

Articles abound on the plight of the Cuban people that provide tears and commiseration for those left behind on the island.

In the first week of June, the spring rains fired the starting gun for mango season in Cuba. It has brought joy to many people in Camaguey.

To remain indifferent to the events now occurring in the Cuban universities would be like betraying our own selves, abandoning our own selves

Highs will be between 31 and 33ºC (88 to 91ºF), and lows between 22 and 24ºC (72 to 75ºF). Sea surface temperatures will be 28ºC (82ºF).

In an unexpected plot twist, it has been university students who have recently taken center stage in the fight for civil rights in Cuba.