Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

International News Briefs for Monday, May 12, 2025

Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, May 12, 2025.

I used to meet there with a friend, a much-anticipated rendezvous, part of a friendship that began in 2011 and continues today (26 photos)

Currently, more than 100 Cubans are working in Bahamian hospitals and health institutions such as Princess Margaret and Rand Memorial.

Living in Cuba is a test of endurance. Some would say it’s a roller coaster that never stops, but I think it moves at a painfully slow pace.

The sinister weight orbiting this island, dispersing family ties, recycling despair, has particularly damaged the role of mothers…-

One of the Authors of the Grammy Winning Cuban Protest Anthem ‘Homeland and Life’: “My life would be in danger in Cuba.”

The former president left the Nicaraguan Embassy in Panama after months of diplomatic tension and traveled to Colombia.

The political prisoner asked the Cuban gov. to grant him leave to visit his terminally ill mother & say goodbye. There was no way, & she died

Valerie Love from Canada took our photo of the day: “Shoes Hanging From a Row Boat”, in Ontario, Canada.

The Holguin tradition known as the May Romerias has ended. It’s a practice that began here in the eighteenth century – 1790 to be exact…