PARIS, (Reuters) – France announced today new curfew measures to try and quell civil unrest on its Caribbean island of Martinique, which has been hit by violent protests over the last month due to anger over rising living costs.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has defended the $50 million allocation to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) for entertainment and functions.
SAINT-MARC, Haiti, (Reuters) – Armed men launched fresh attacks on the Haitian town of Arcahaie, local media reported on Wednesday, as families mourned the growing list of victims of a massacre days earlier in an agricultural town some 60 km (37 miles) to the north.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican senators yesterday passed regulations stipulating how a judicial overhaul that reforms the country’s constitution will be implemented to popularly elect judges.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Indigenous organizations in the Brazilian state of Para said they were not consulted by the government before it signed a deal with multinational companies to sell carbon offset credits to support conservation of the Ama-zon rainforest in the state.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has barred former Ecuador President Rafael Correa and former Vice President Jorge Glas from entry into the United States due to involvement in corruption, the department said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A claim that Republic Bank Limited (RBL) should be liable for contents of a security deposit box that was stolen in May 2022 has succeeded before the courts.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian nun who has helped refugees and migrants for 40 years on Wednesday won the Nansen prize awarded every year by the U.N.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean Broilers Jamaica (CB Group) has been named CARICOM Farmer of the Year at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2024, marking a major victory for Jamaica and its leading practices in sustainable agriculture.
(Reuters) – Haiti’s armed gangs are increasingly recruiting children into their ranks, a report by Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday, as near-famine conditions push boys to pick up guns while girls are sexually abused and forced into domestic work.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s National Elec-toral Council (CNE) yesterday requested an investigation into the 2022 election campaign of President Gustavo Petro over alleged violation of financing limits, it said in a statement.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday cleared X to resume service in the country after the social media platform reversed its course and started complying with court rulings billionaire owner Elon Musk had previously vowed not to meet.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico’s violence-plagued state of Guerrero, traveled alone to an out-of-town meeting before he was killed, Mexico’s security minister said on Tuesday about a murder which has shocked the country.
(Reuters) – The European Union yesterday extended sanctions for another year against 21 Nicaraguan officials, including Rosario Murillo, vice president and wife of President Daniel Ortega, as well as three of their children.
(Reuters) – British fintech Revolut – which recently topped some of Europe’s biggest banks with a $45 billion valuation – has applied for a banking license to operate in Colombia, it said on Tuesday, predicting the roll-out would take under two years.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 34-year-old mother of four and her one-year-old daughter have been killed by a close male relative.
(Trinidad Guardian) The new car industry has been labelled as the largest consumer of foreign exchange in this country by Minster in the Ministry of Finance Brian Manning.
SANTO DOMINGO/PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s foreign minister yesterday blasted a policy announced last week by the neighbouring Dominican Republic to deport tens of thousands of migrants back to Haiti, where gang violence is fueling a devastating humanitarian crisis.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s transitional presidential council transferred the rotating presidency yesterday to architect Leslie Voltaire despite opposition from outgoing president Edgard Leblanc Fils, who refused to sign a decree ratifying the move.
(Trinidad Guardian) The United States Ambassadors to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Guyana, and Suriname will visit Trinidad and Tobago from October 8-12, 2024.
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