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BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career was in tatters yesterday as Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) barred the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year’s fraught election.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Maria Corina Machado, one of the favorites to win the Venezuelan opposition’s nomination for president in an October primary, has been barred from holding public office for 15 years, the country’s controller general said in a letter.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss political, security and humanitarian crises in Haiti with Prime Minister Ariel Henry next week, a State Department official said yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career evaporated today as a majority of federal electoral court (TSE) justices voted to bar him from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year’s fraught election.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) board controlled by the government of President Nicolas Maduro today lost its latest appeal over $1.95 billion of the country’s gold reserves held in the Bank of England’s underground vaults.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China’s Citic Guoan Group, the South American country’s government said yesterday, as it looks to develop its huge but largely untapped resources of the battery metal.

(Trinidad Express) It was a hair-raising experience for 23 pupils of Trinity College, Moka, Maraval, on Tuesday, when they were blocked from crossing the stage to receive their certificates with the rest of their classmates because their hairstyles were deemed to be in breach of school rules.

(Trinidad Express) Trinibad artiste Kevon Andrews also known as “Faces”, and his friend Kristian Lindsay, also known as “Ming”, were shot and killed in Pleasantville last night.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – An independent expert to the United Nations condemned mass deportations of Haitians who had fled the country amid a humanitarian crisis driven by worsening violence from heavily armed gangs who control large swathes of the country.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The defense ministers of Cuba and Russia discussed the development of joint “technical military” projects this week at a meeting in Moscow, according to media reports and Russia’s defense ministry, just days after mercenaries marched towards the Russian capital.

(Trinidad Guardian) NiQuan yesterday lay responsibility for the death of 35-year-old Allanlane Ramkissoon, on the company which employed him, Massy Energy Engineered Solutions Limited (MEES).

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was staring into the political abyss yetserday when a federal electoral court (TSE) justice voted to bar him from office until 2030 for anti-democratic abuse of power during last year’s fraught election.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday gave the green light to the prosecution to resume an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Venezuelan officials.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – An anti-corruption presidential candidate, whose surprise showing in Guatemala’s first-round election on Sunday launched him into a runoff vote later this summer, said on Tuesday he would pursue closer relations with China if he wins the presidency.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) said yesterday it would continue to clean up its fleet to prevent substandard Panama-flagged ships from being detained in foreign ports, a week after the country was added to an international watch list.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and former top cop Gary Griffith have joined forces for the August 14 local government election with both declaring that the common enemy is Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, who must be removed.

(Trinidad Express) So disgusted was Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley by the dismal display of the West Indies cricket team, that he took to social media, and held nothing back.

(Reuters) – Costa Rica has unlocked a total of around $519 million for its economic reform program and a climate and sustainability program, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – An index evaluating Latin American countries’ ability to root out corruption showed most countries moving backward, according to the ranking released yesterday.