Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

International News Briefs for Tuesday, August 26, 2025

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

The relatives of the dissident detained in Carazo were suddenly notified to come get the body of Mauricio Alonso.

Indi Rivero from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “The Ceiba Tree”, in Lara, Venezuela.

Most were involved in the 2018 protests and are linked to Colegio San José. The regime has not revealed their whereabouts.

My European colleague and I were walking through Centro Habana when he remembered he needed to exchange foreign currency for Cuban pesos.

We currently have 26 contestants participating in our 14th photography contest. There are still three weeks left to submit entries.

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, August 25, 2025.

“My generation was raised wondering how ordinary people could countenance an atrocity. In a grotesque twist, the question has circled back to us.”

Four years after the July 11, 2021, demonstrations most of those arrested remain in prison, while most Cubans seem oblivious to this reality.

Daily power outages continue to define the chaotic situation in Cuba, with almost inhuman impacts, especially outside the capital.