Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Indigenous women illuminate Guatemalan communities

Women of the Guatemalan highlands are training as solar energy technicians, breaking down barriers of machismo, illiteracy and poverty.

Jodi Newell from the United States took our photo of the day: “Midnight Cowboy in Trinidad, Cuba”.

“We were called in to unload the rice, but the people on the ship won’t hand it over until they see the money.”

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Students have come forward with reports of institutional repression & intimidation aimed at preventing them from joining an academic strike.

For many years now, I’ve noticed a great hatred for trees and the land here in Cuba, and I don’t understand why.

Abdul Montoya was refused entry by the US and Canada. He now awaits word from Spain, where he’s applied for nationality.

Its unarmed civilian crew was kidnapped, and its “life-saving cargo — including baby formula, food, and medical supplies — was confiscated.”

Relations between the leaders of Mexico and the United States are currently at a low point. One key factor is that Trump holds all the cards.

“Its a strategy of international isolation that reinforces internal control, which intensified after the crackdown on 2018 protests.”