Interviews Archives - Havana Times

“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier

Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.

Mother of the young political prisoner Yerri Estrada has no way of knowing what his current prison situation is.

“The beauty of the forest COP, the beauty of the people’s COP in Brazil, is that civil society is very active, both inside and outside.”

Cuban journalist Abraham Jimenez Enoa has felt in his own flesh the contradictions of his country and of exile.

“Overcrowding in detention, a lack of oversight and misinformation” are creating dangerous conditions, says Sister Tracey Horan.

Carolina Jimenez and David Smilde: “The tragedy is that both Maduro and the opposition see Trump as a way to stay in power, or to obtain it.”

Alexa Zamora recommends using Signal and VPNs, & advises independent media to implement digital security protocols to prevent online attacks.

Ruben Blades: “I want to write songs about people, not about ideology—falling into propaganda or sloganeering.”

A new documentary opening Wednesday in New York highlighting Noam Shuster Eliassi, an Israeli comedian and peace activist.

“After having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, as “security prisoners”