Regional News

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – The Honduran government mobilized thousands of police officers yesterday to areas controlled by criminal groups, marking the beginning of a partial state of emergency across parts of two of the country’s largest cities.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case today, though she has immunity due to her public office.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of slain couple Anita Jagdeo and Randy Ramdass accused social media users of tarnishing their names while knowing nothing about them and why they were killed.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – At least 34 people died when a landslide buried a bus in northwestern Colombia on Sunday, the government disaster agency said on Monday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday invited Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to visit the White House, which may happen after he takes office on Jan.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration will expand deportation relief and access to work permits for Haitians who are already in the United States, the U.S.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A leading rights group yesterday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could seriously undermine electoral authorities’ independence, putting free and fair elections at risk.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. lawmaker David Rivera was arrested yesterday on charges of conspiring to launder money and to illegally act as an agent of the Venezuelan government, according to a U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans have been urged to temper their appetite for foreign-produced essential oils and to invest in local production to tap a global industry valued at US$8.8 billion and which is expected to exceed US$15 billion by 2027.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ new series of banknotes is in circulation from today.

(Trinidad Express) “Baffling” was how police described a double murder that took place in Chaguanas sometime between Saturday night and yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Works and Transport is hoping that within two weeks, once the weather allows it, they will begin construction of bypasses that will reconnect the Manzanilla to Mayaro roadway.

(Trinidad Express) – Thirty-eight-year-old Renelle Johnson, a former member of the US Army, is expected to appear before the Princes Town Magistrates Court on Monday after being charged with the murder of her mother, Patsy Ramcharan.

(Reuters) – A refining unit that turns crude oil into fuel at Venezuela’s largest crude processing facility has broken down, three people familiar with the operations told Reuters on Friday, halting production at the key gasoline producing plant.

(The Gleaner) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been named by the Financial Times as one of the 25 most influential women of 2022.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have charged thirty-eight-year-old Renelle Johnson, a former member of the US Army, with the murder of her mother, Patsy Ramcharan.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced today the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Clico Policyholders Group (CPG) chairman Peter Permell says Clico can easily afford to pay outstanding monies to policyholders, as it is now “extremely profitable.”

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance Colm Imbert announced yesterday that the country has, for the first time in 14 years, achieved a fiscal surplus, the first since 2007/2008.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro and U.S.