Comments for Havana Times https://havanatimes.org/ open-minded writing Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Comment on Cuban Street Vendor and His Wife Arrested for Protesting by JennyC. https://havanatimes.org/features/cuban-street-vendor-and-his-wife-arrested-for-protesting/#comment-336876 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:27:33 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242427#comment-336876 Isn’t Palma Soriano where Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, José Fornaris and Francisco del Castillo were imprisoned in 1851 for expressing anti-government opinions during the years leading up to the Cuban fight for independence from Spanish rule?

]]> Comment on Chikungunya Strikes Back in Cuba by JennyC. https://havanatimes.org/opinion/chikungunya-strikes-back-in-cuba/#comment-336855 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:55:46 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242417#comment-336855 Interesting. I’d never heard about neuropathy in the ’90s due to malnutrition! I certainly hope there isn’t another “syndemic” this year.

I got chikungya in Cuba last October and still have a few mild symptoms, even though I’ve been back in Canada since contracting the virus, where I have access to medicine and vitamins. The only “comfort” about this, if you can call it such, is the knowledge that one can only get chikungunya once. Since such a large percentage of Cuba’s population had chikungunya and is now immune, I hope that means there will not be such a devastating outbreak again. But, of course, we must still be concerned about dengue, oropouche and zika.

]]> Comment on Israel Uses Gaza Playbook to Turn South Lebanon into Rubble by Kelly Strachan https://havanatimes.org/interviews/israel-uses-gaza-playbook-to-turn-south-lebanon-into-rubble/#comment-336852 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:33:58 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242339#comment-336852 I am so ashamed of the U.S. and Israel right now.

]]> Comment on The Land of Freedom by Pedro Pablo Morejon https://havanatimes.org/diaries/pedro-pablo-morejon/the-land-of-freedom/#comment-336851 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:04:48 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242405#comment-336851 Sheyla, thank you for your comment. I appreciate that you’ve been reading my journal all these years. A hug.

]]> Comment on The Land of Freedom by Sheyla NW https://havanatimes.org/diaries/pedro-pablo-morejon/the-land-of-freedom/#comment-336850 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:30:32 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242405#comment-336850 Stark and all too real. Having followed your columns over the years, I want to say how much I admire your clarity of vision. You have undertaken the hardest task possible for us humans – rearranging our conceptions in the face of reality. The dilemma yu have documented so well leaves us with the burning question: What now?
Please keep writing.

]]> Comment on The Land of Freedom by Michael Gracia https://havanatimes.org/diaries/pedro-pablo-morejon/the-land-of-freedom/#comment-336849 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:21:45 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242405#comment-336849 In the construction field many work as a subcontractor . The subcontractor gets an ITIN so they can pay SS and IRS . Many employments do not offer insurance also the affordable care act , Is NOT affordable at all. Congress called it the high tax ever created. They call it Obama Care because he was the president.

]]> Comment on Giants of Nature in Havana by Martin Garcia https://havanatimes.org/photo-feature/giants-of-nature-in-havana/#comment-336812 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:45:22 +0000 https://havanatimes.org/?p=242142#comment-336812 There is a shortage of leaves in these pictures (which are fascinating)

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