Regional News

(Reuters) – Apollo Global Management Inc APO.N co-founder Leon Black paid $62.5 million to the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) As KFC celebrates its golden anniversary in T&T, this year the company spoke to the Business Guardian regarding its journey, including challenges and paving the way forward.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Some 1,200 barrels of crude oil spilled on Ecuador’s northern coast, after a tank of state-owned Petroecuador surpassed its maximum capacity, contaminating a four-kilometer-long stretch of beach, authorities said on Thursday.

NEW YORK,  – A former director of Venezuelan military intelligence pleaded not guilty yesterday to U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health says a fourth case of the Monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed via laboratory testing yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The governor of Brazil’s wealthiest and most populous state, Tarcisio de Freitas, has emerged as an early contender to lead conservatives after his mentor, far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, was barred from elected office for eight years.

(Trinidad Express) “A pure fanciful fabrication.” This is how Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday described the claims of a man named Akil Abdullah and Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine that he (Abdullah) received a bribe to damage Augustine.

MADRID/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The former head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal, arrived in the United States on Wednesday to face drug trafficking charge after being extradited from Spain, his lawyer said.

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva said yesterday he will send the European Union a counter-proposal on the long-delayed trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur in the coming two or three weeks.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy Irene Velez has resigned, according to a letter shared by her ministry on Wednesday, after two state bodies opened investigations against her.

(St Vincent Times) Early reports indicate that at least five people were shot and killed in Kingstown, St.

(Jamaica Observer) The  Government has denied reports of a brewing diplomatic row with the United States, but Jamaica Observer sources are adamant that all is not well in the relationship between Kingston and Washington.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Panamanian court sentenced former President Ricardo Martinelli to more than 10 years in prison for money laundering, the attorney general’s office said yesterday, threatening the front-runner’s bid for a new term next year.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cash-starved Cuba fell short of its export and import plans through June of this year amidst grave shortages linked to its dependence on food, fuel and inputs for agriculture and manufacture from abroad.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Residents of Peru’s key mining areas are expected to support protests due to kick off this week against the government of President Dina Boluarte, who yesterday denounced the planned demonstrations as a “threat to democracy.”

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union pledged more investment for Latin America and the Caribbean at a summit yesterday as part of a revamp of its international relationships prompted by Russia’s war on Ukraine and growing wariness of China.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has discovered a third case of the Monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed via laboratory testing earlier yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) BRUSSELS, Belgium: The global community is being urged to take immediate action to slow the effects of climate change which, evidence shows, has over several years resulted in the development of significant catastrophic events across the world.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The families of Venezuelan migrants lost in the Caribbean sea are demanding their government investigate the disappearance of their loved ones after years of stasis.

(Trinidad Guardian) Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal has accused Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher of hiding while the country is overtaken by bandits.