Opinion Archives - Havana Times

Street Food in Cuba: For Here or To Go?

Eating on the street is now a luxury. No more cajitas de comida or cups of natural juice. At most, fluorescent-colored instant drinks.

In the dimness of the soul, where whispers of pain intertwine with echoes of hope, stands the figure of the human being, fragile but strong.

At the end of last August, the well-known Havana priest Father Lester Zayas protested a Yoruba ritual performed in front of his church.

Fidel Castro called her a “true political prisoner” who was “a victim of the fierce repression against the Black movement.”

In the long agony after the collapse of the socialist bloc in Eastern Europe, those still in power in Cuba were forced to shed some weight.

Let’s hope prior to any debate, Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans & Salvadorans can agree that we’re all suffering under dictatorships.

Melody arrived in Cuba on September 25, on the ninth deportation flight that US immigration authorities have sent to the island this year.

On September 24, 2025, Dr. Nestor Manuel Perez Lache, 85-year-old Cuban doctor took his own life by jumping off an elevated Havana bridge.

“I know the world is facing enormous pain right now, but we must not let the Nicaraguan prisoners be buried in silence.”

Every day, the narrative disseminated by the powers that be in Cuba, as in many other countries, clashes with the nation’s highest ideals.