Opinion Archives - Havana Times

When Ideas Win Hearts but Parties Push People Away

Many people in Chile and Latin America share left-wing ideas but feel an emotional rejection toward the parties that promote them.

El Toque’s Representative Currency Exchange Rate fills a need as the Cuban gov. maintains an “official” exchange rate that defies reality.

Elian, you’re no longer a child, the innocent gleam in your eyes from 25 years ago is gone.

Observing this process with political maturity would be far more useful than celebrating other people’s victories as if they were our own.

The clash between these young people and those in power is inevitable and is getting closer every day.

These are the barbarities that survivors of Nayib Bukele’s prison system in El Salvador witnessed: torture and death.

The real power of Peru’s political system lies in Congress, where various groups divide it up in more or less equal portions.

It is paradoxical that activists who proclaim “freedom for political prisoners” quickly join defamatory campaigns.

In Miami, the epicenter of much of the Cuban, Venezuelan, and Nicaraguan community, the day of protest has a special meaning.

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Corina Machado recognizes her peaceful struggle for Venezuelan democracy..