1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (682+ words) Due to the fuel shortage, Matanzas cannot celebrate this year's traditional red snapper run. By Pablo Padilla Cruz (14ymedio) The fuel crisis and widespread shortages have completely transformed the map of local fishing. What was once a vibrant offshore industry has…...

22+ hour, 53+ min ago  (893+ words) By Pedro Pablo Morej'n HAVANA TIMES " I don't like Donald Trump because he incited the attack on the United States Capitol. Because he refused to accept his electoral defeat. Because he spent months alleging fraud without proof, without evidence, calling…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (376+ words) The word "Ceasefire" has lost its meaning" HAVANA TIMES " Israel is continuing to carry out attacks on Lebanon amid ongoing talks between the US and Iran to end the war. Iran is maintaining its demand that Lebanon be included in…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (333+ words) Given how desperate the situation is'with the long blackouts, the soaring prices, the scarcity of so many necessary goods (a mechanic tells me that parts once considered disposable are now sold at unbelievable prices)'these circumstances force us to rethink…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (359+ words) 300 years after their ancestors fled enslavement Special to Havana Times Yet there are other palenques too, many on the equally beautiful but far more troubled Pacific shoreline, where the population is 90% Afro-Colombian. Here, the divisive past is still being lived....

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (559+ words) By Andres Kogan Valderrama HAVANA TIMES " In light of the passing of French philosopher Edgar Morin at the age of 104, I would like to dedicate a few words to one of the thinkers who has contributed most to my understanding…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (903+ words) Only in Cuba, that karma is falling upon an entire people, not just those who brought it about. I will begin at the start of the current century and proceed in chronological order. This is exclusively my personal opinion, and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (611+ words) Havana Times In Cuba, the anti-anxiety pill Alprazolam, internationally known as Xanax, is now sold on the street, like a cigarette or a piece of candy. HAVANA TIMES " In the cardboard box set out in a doorway, as if it…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (481+ words) By Marco Fajardo Caballero, Emilia Aparicio Ulloa and H'ctor Cossio Lopez (El Mostrador) That consensus was established years ago by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization that brings together thousands of studies and scientists from around the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (37+ words) Orange Lily, New Mexico, USA " Photo of the Day Havana Times You only need to send the image along with this information: Book Reviews & Interviews Havana Times Reader Survey We Need Your Input to Do Better...