Opinion Archives - Havana Times

Francis, the prophet with a toothbrush

A voice from above can help but it cannot replace the collective processes that unite activists and multitudes in search of alternatives.

Justifications for dictatorship as they attempt to defend the indefensible—legitimizing tyrants and the brutal concentration of power.

Stories from “In April I Was Still Alive”: Interrogations in the prisons of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s dictatorship.

Sometimes I wonder at what moment it stopped being a house. In Cuba, shuttered houses have become a metaphor for absence.

The key to Nicaragua’s liberation rests on a strategy of cohesion and cooperation among the opposition groups.

The independent press raises the alarm over the arbitrary detention of two journalists by Cuban State Security.

With his death, Mario Vargas Llosa has closed the door on the most splendid era of our literature. The light, however, will remain on.

We are still waiting for an official statement, but the uproar is important—perhaps enough to shame them into reversing the decision.

Amidst the tariff wars, the regional body opted for belligerent rhetoric instead of practical proposals.

Electoral campaigning ended on Thursday April 10th, as did the publication of polling data. Now comes a tense wait until election day.