HAVANA, (Reuters) – Among the classic cars, mopeds and rickshaws Cubans use to get around the capital city Havana, a new kind of ride is hitting the streets – bamboo bicycles made by a local workshop.
(Trinidad Express) Social media blogger Rhoda Bharath has been blocked by the High Court from making any further defamatory remarks against former police commissioner Gary Griffith related to a recent post on her “Newsauce” Facebook page.
(Trinidad Express) Former police commissioner Gary Griffith confronted Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the Moka golf course on Saturday and told him to his face that he was a “failure” who was busy golfing four times a week when the country is in distress.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Cuban peso was trading on the informal market at an all-time low of 230 to the dollar yesterday, slumping to half its value a year ago as consumers struggle with surging inflation and scarce goods, a widely watched tracker showed.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Police in Rio de Janeiro killed at least nine people in a raid yesterday, in the latest example of deadly violence by Brazil’s security officials after 16 people died at the hands of Sao Paulo state police earlier this week.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Marie Michelle Joseph’s 9-month-old daughter is weak and has a persistent fever.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today said that next week’s summit of Amazon region nations will seek to draw up a common policy for the first time to protect the rainforest.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s top prosecutor has opened a case against President Rodrigo Chaves and various other government officials for allegations of “influence peddling,” the Attorney General’s office confirmed on Tuesday.
(Barbados Nation) Barbadian businessman Alex Tasker has been taken into police custody.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The eldest son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Nicolas Petro, on Tuesday pled not guilty to charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment at a court in the capital.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei yesterday met with the Organization of American States chief Luis Almagro and expressed his commitment to ensuring peaceful elections in the country, he said in a post on messaging platform X on Tuesday.
(Reuters) – The Bahamian government yesterday welcomed Kenya’s decision to lead a multinational force in Haiti and committed 150 people to support the effort if the United Nations authorizes the force.
(Trinidad Guardian) The mother of a 28-year-old woman who was gunned down in Carenage says she is willing to forgive her daughter’s killers as she is doing her part to break the cycle of hate in the country.
(Trinidad Express) The man killed on Saturday night when he and his accomplices attempted to invade a house at Endeavour, Chaguanas, was identified yesterday as Mark Anthony Joseph, 25.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday welcomed Kenya’s readiness to lead an international force to help Haiti’s police combat gang violence and encouraged other countries – particularly from Haiti’s region – to join the effort.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed as Colombian military personnel clashed with FARC dissidents and the Clan del Golfo crime gang in different parts of the country, authorities said yesterday.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadoreans will decide in two August referendums whether oil and mining projects in key regions of the country can continue, weighing Indigenous and environmental concerns against billions in potential lost income.
UNITED NATIONS, July 31 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed Kenya’s readiness to lead an international force to help Haiti’s police combat gang violence and encouraged other countries – particularly from Haiti’s region – to join the effort.
TLAXCALA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Mexican mother-of-two Adriana Sanchez frets the $300 or so a month her husband sends from the United States will no longer cover family expenses as a sharp appreciation in the peso currency and nagging inflation crimp her budget.
(Trinidad Express) As of midnight tonight the wearing of masks at all public and private hospitals and medical clinics will no longer be mandatory.
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