Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

International News Briefs for Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

As the temperature rises, many Cuban families feel they have nothing left to lose because they have hit rock bottom.

It’s not easy to find a girlfriend on an island in crisis—especially now, with prices sky-high and transportation so difficult.

Cayo Santa Maria is connected to the main island by a causeway (a road over the sea) approximately 48 kilometers long. (28 photos)

Nicolas Maduro’s ruling party said it won 82.68% of the votes cast for the National Assembly, and 23 of 24 governorships.

The announcement of the bill to legalize abortion up to 12 weeks has revived the debate in Chilean society.

Our featured band is the “Lupa Santiago 5teto” from Brazil with a live performance in Sao Paulo of “Everybody wants to rule the world”.

Journalist Alma Guillermoprieto believes that there was “some process of mental degeneration” behind the authoritarian drift in Nicaragua.

I was in the Seattle immigration court accompanying a young mother from a South American country applying for asylum to a routine hearing.

He’s had the audacity to go out and walk the streets of Cuba to get a sense of how people feel about the harsh reality they are living.