Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

International News Briefs for Monday, March 3, 2025

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, March 3, 2025.

Social media heated up this week in Cuba over the controversy surrounding Carlos Lazo, leader of the Puentes de Amor (Bridges of Love) project

Upon exiting the Havana Bay tunnel and heading northeast, the coastline reveals a peculiar area: Playa del Chivo. (23 photos)

The lucrative humidor auction closed the event. The government says the money goes to the Cuban Health System.

Juan Carlos Ampie’s picks. Best Picture: Anora or Conclave; Actors: Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet, Zoe Saldaña; Foreign Film: I Am Still Here.

It’s civil society’s turn to take a step forward, as at other times, to curtail the regressive tendencies now afflicting the United States.

Matt Levy from the United States took our photo of the day: “Deer in the Bush”, in California, USA.

An open secret is that much of the bread sold by street vendors is made in the same bakeries that make the rationed bread rolls.

Experts noted that the climate of intimidation in society “is fueled by the widespread impunity and selective justice” in Venezuela.

“My personal feeling is that we’re on our own. The government only remembers us for taxes, even though the country’s reality is worse…”