Havana Times

A Small Versailles in Havana

In the very heart of El Vedado, Havana, on the corner of 17th and E, rises a mansion that seems frozen in time.

News Briefs on December 6, 2024

Here are the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, December 6, 2024.

New Book Depicts Nicaraguan Political Prisoners’ Resistance

My brother, Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, writes of his one year, seven months & eighteen days in Nicaragua’s “El Chipote” jail & under house arrest

World Court Rules Against Ortega's Call to Punish Germany

The International Court of Justice rejects imposing precautionary measures against Germany for arms exports to Israel, as Nicaragua demanded.

Bukele Gets Green Light for Reelection Bid in El Salvador

Nayib Bukele will be able to run for consecutive reelection in February 2024 despite claims of unconstitutionality.

Nicaragua: Yes to a Democratic Solution, No to an Ungovernable Country

There cannot be any middle ground, negotiation, or ambiguity, to fully restore freedom of the press, expression, association and mobilization. T…

International Outcry Grows on the Nicaragua Crisis

After an especially bloody weekend in which Nicaraguan government forces attacked opposition demostrators in numerous cities, the OAS, UN and CE…

Like a ‘Cuban with Italian Eyes’

Many of us on the island have gotten used to seeing only the thorny side of our society: woefully inadequate pay, the critical situation of tran…