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The Removal of Presidents, Pros and Cons

In recent days, Dilma Rouseff was officially impeached from her presidency in Brazil and Nicolas Maduro is trying to dodge a direct popular vote which threatens to remove him from office in Venezuela. The first president was subject to a Political Ruling or Impeachment and the latter has a recall referendum on his tail. Having the option to remove public figures from their roles if they don’t fulfill their duties is a crucial mechanism for any democracy.

Cuba: The Importance of Hearing People’s Opinions

Carrying out surveys about crucial issues in modern Cuban society is Havana Times’ most recent interesting initiative. It’s a pity that the sample size of those surveyed was so small.

Will Cuba Pull Its Ambassador from Brazil?

Without even waiting 24 hours after Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, governments in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia, members of the ALBA alliance, pulled out their diplomatic representatives from the South American giant, in solidarity with their government ally.

Cuba Sports, Another Challenge for Reform

Third world countries, Cuba included, are like poor families that need to have their priorities straight so that they can wisely distribute their small budgets. They can’t have everything and sometimes an Olympic medal costs more than its weight in gold to get a hold of.

HT Opinion Poll: Readers Comment on the Wave of Antisocial Behavior in Cuba

Over the last few years, analyses, complaints, reports and opinions about the boom in antisocial behavior in Cuba are becoming more and more common. Havana Times conducted a survey to get our readers views on the subject.

What Would a Trump Presidency Mean for Cuba?

During my last visit to Cuba, while strolling through Centro Habana, camera in hand and looking very much like a tourist, an old, bearded Cuban gentleman seated on a bench called out to me. “Where are you from, Señor?” he asked, puffing on a particularly fat cigar.

Why I support a Journalist in Cuba Threatened with Deportation

Fernando Ravsberg escapes labels, which always attracts attention; however, it isn’t exactly a virtue. For example, in his views on Cuban society, he has picked on the evident signs of unrest without ever focusing on the opposition’s noisy protests, or how they are repressed.

The Cost of Cuba’s Spending on Sports

From the very beginning, sports have been a fundamental building block in the Revolution’s politics. We can say that it’s an inseparable part of the Revolution and that it is definitely politicized. Fidel personally contributed his ideas on how to develop what he himself called “revolutionary sports”; overseeing its progress until it worked and then sharing its achievements.

What’s Looming for Cuba?

Will the prolonged energy crisis of the 1990s return to the island? This is an illustration by Yasser Castellanos on how he sees such a threat for Cuba in the coming period.

LOOKING, the film

The LGBTIHQ&Z community – which I like to call this group so as to be all-inclusive – has to give thanks because today artworks which tear apart the avatars of this group are shown today, without a fuss or alarm, joining the (wrongly) named heterosexist “reality”.