BELÉM, Brazil, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As leaders of Amazon nations met in Brazil for a summit on protecting the rainforest, descendants of African slaves who escaped into the forest centuries ago are seeking land rights in an echo of the struggle by Indigenous peoples.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Tensions escalated in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince yesterday as thousands of protesters took to the streets to speak out against the country’s devastating gang violence, which resulted last week in the death of a police officer.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday he was not in breach of the Integrity in Public Life Act since he did declare the purchase of his townhouse at Shirvan Development in Tobago to the Integrity Commission.
(Trinidad Guardian) In a nationwide crackdown on the sale of unregistered drugs, the Food and Drug Division has confiscated several drugs, including vitamins, from over 40 pharmacies across T&T.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet today for their first summit in 14 years.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvians are surfing, fishing and ditching winter clothes to flock to beaches in Lima as a heat wave continues to upend winter in South America.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet tomorrow for their first summit in 14 years.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police have identified the man and woman who were involved in a suspected murder-suicide last night at the intersection of Windward Road and Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew.
(Trinidad Express) Frustrated by people she knew well who kept taunting her and her children about her deceased husband’s money, businesswoman Veronica Allison De Leon believed she had taken enough.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Police in Berlin said on Sunday that an autopsy would be the next step in clarifying the circumstances of the death of a 24-year-old Mexican woman who disappeared at the end of July and whose body was found on Saturday.
BELEM, Brazil, (Reuters) – Environmental demonstrators protested today against plans by Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA
LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru, (Reuters) – In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a human hand.
LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru, (Reuters) – In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a human hand.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has revealed that Jamaica is prepared to send 200 security personnel to Haiti as part of a multinational force aimed at providing support to the security and humanitarian crisis in the country.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar stood her ground on Thursday night, saying she would not apologise for calling on citizens to “light up” home invaders in self-defence.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines is expanding its services between Trinidad and St.
(Trinidad Guardian) 300 electric buses and a transport hub are in the making for central Trinidad, said Senator Richie Sookhai, the Minister in the Ministry of Works and Transport.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar stood her ground last night, saying she would not apologise for calling on citizens to “light up” home invaders in self-defence.
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the month since 2017, preliminary government figures showed yesterday, boosting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s stature on environmental policy ahead of a summit of rainforest nations.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Nicolas Petro, the eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, yesterday admitted that illegal money entered his father’s election campaign last year, the prosecutor handling the case said.
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