Opinion Archives - Havana Times

Cuba: Criminalizing Protests Won’t Stop Citizen Discontent

Although the Constitution recognizes the right to assembly and demonstration, to this day no regulation exists to guarantee its exercise.

It’s clear that the Union Electrica state power co. is looking more like a team of firefighters trying to put out blazes with water pistols.

The machinery of power, if not dismantled, will continue reproducing its authoritarian dynamics.

Change begins with every honest conversation, every extended hand, and every conscious rejection of the violent mandates of the past.

The Cuban people are grateful for the lightbulb that turns on again, even if it goes out tomorrow.

Trump’s threats and his naval deployment are a perfect gift to Maduro, who uses them to stoke the anti-imperialist sentiments of his followers

Mine has to do with thinking about those who replace him at the head of the country. One would like all of them traveling at the same time.

I read the ruling from the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar) and felt my legs give out, so I collapsed into a black chair.

In times of unfavorable polls, questioning a neighbor’s territorial sovereignty is the perfect fuel to shore up internal stability.

With GPS, no one seems to need paper maps anymore. Instead of books and other long reads, there are TikTok reels and social media threads.