BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe accused Venezuela yesterday of imposing an illegal trade blockade similar to the US embargo on Cuba after his Andean neighbour said Colombia was engaged in “psychological war.”
GENEVA (Reuters) – A deal is close for an end to “banana wars”, the world’s longest-running trade dispute, the European Union’s farm trade chief said yesterday, but some producers made it clear they were not happy at the prospect.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans living in Costa Rica are facing more visa restrictions as that country’s government responds to an upsurge in crime, allegedly linked to gangs from the island.
(Barbados Nation) A high-ranking Catholic cleric, Monsignor Vincent, has condemned young people’s wearing of skimpy clothing and low-hanging trousers, exposing their underwear in public.
(Trinidad Express) A secret list of those who received State grants totalling TT$46 million from the Ministry of Culture and Gender Affairs during the period 2003 to 2007 has finally been revealed.
(Trinidad Express) There were varying views on Monday from an environmentalist, physicist and geologist, on Prime Minister’s Patrick Manning’s controversial plan to capture and store carbon emissions to reduce global warming.
ESTORIL, Portugal (Reuters) – Latin American countries meeting here with Spain and Portugal struggled with their response to the Honduras election, with large South American countries saying failure to condemn it could spur political instability in the region.
(Antigua Sun) – Another immigration officer has been arrested and taken before the court for abusing the powers of his office.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned the nation’s private bankers yesterday that they must comply with the law or face nationalization, regardless of their banks’ size.
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – A former guerrilla fighter was poised yesterday to become the next president of Uruguay, pledging to maintain the ruling leftist coalition’s moderate policies in one of Latin America’s most stable economies.
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world’s population threw their weight behind accelerating efforts to clinch an “operationally binding” UN climate deal in Copenhagen next month, their leaders said yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Commonwealth countries representing more than a quarter of the world’s population launched a diplomatic push yesterday to drum up momentum for a comprehensive UN climate deal in 10 days’ time.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The political party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be barred from legislative elections scheduled for Feb.
(BBC) – The Vincentian government suffered a major defeat on Wednesday, in its bid introduce a new constitution for the country.
MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil will not recognize the winner of this weekend’s election in Honduras as a legitimate president, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said yesterday, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Washington.
ACP group demands compensation A deal to end Europe’s long-running trade war over taxes on banana imports might not come before World Trade Organisation talks in Switzerland next week.
OSLO (Reuters) – The United Nations welcomed on Wednesday a plan by US President Barack Obama to attend a UN climate meeting in Copenhagen next month and urged rich nations to promise deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine security forces found 11 more bodies yesterday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 57 dead, officials said.
Vincentians vote in referendum Vincentians voted yesterday on whether to adopt a new constitution.
(Antigua Sun) American rap star P. Diddy has received an extravagant birthday present from Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer it has been reported.
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