MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel unveiled a monument in a north Mos-cow square yesterday to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, pledging to deepen their friendship in the face of U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be “invalidated” in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism.
(Trinidad Express) The 19th murder solved by officers of the Cold Case Unit (CCU), Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI), is that of Ashma Naimool, who went missing on June 3rd 2015.
The Government of Canada has announc-ed a $15 million Canadian dollar contribution (equivalent to US$ 11.2 million) towards a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiative to boost vaccine production capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
(Trinidad Guardian) Sixty-five-year-old Donald Sylvester has been charged with the murder of his 32-year-old son Nicholas Sylvester.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said yesterday its board of governors has elected Brazil’s Ilan Goldfajn as president of the financial institution, after Mauricio Claver-Carone, the first American to lead it, was ousted over ethics violations.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he always knew Jack Warner’s involvement with FIFA “could and would be an embarrassment to T&T.”
SANTA CRUZ/LA PAZ, Bolivia, (Reuters) – Tropical, sunny and relatively wealthy, Bolivia’s farming region of Santa Cruz has long butted heads with the arid highland political capital La Paz.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Canada has sanctioned former Haitian President Michel Martelly and two former prime ministers for financing gangs, Canadian authorities said today, the latest in a series of measures targeting alleged backers of Haitian criminal groups.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ economic progress relies on more than just the Government’s investment in capital projects, especially during these hard times.
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard yesterday said it has recovered the body of one person after a vessel carrying Cuban migrants capsized off Florida’s Little Torch Key, adding it rescued nine people and was searching for five others.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel will visit China from Nov.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Canada has sanctioned former Haitian President Michel Martelly and two former prime ministers for financing gangs, Canadian authorities said today, the latest in a series of measures targeting alleged backers of Haitian criminal groups.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ economic progress relies on more than just the Government’s investment in capital projects, especially during these hard times.
(Reuters) – Saint Lucia’s economy will face intensifying risks of natural disasters linked to climate change, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday, advising the Caribbean state to build buffers despite financial constraints.
(The Gleaner) – A 60-year-old man from Retirement district in Watt Town, St Ann is in police custody after allegedly chopping the partner of his former spouse to death.
(Reuters) – A LATAM Airlines (LTM.SN) jet collided with a firetruck on the runway as it was taking off from the airport in Peru’s capital Lima on Friday, resulting in the death of two firefighters, the carrier said.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s Shuar Arutam indigenous people said yesterday they will not allow mining on their territory, threatening a large copper mining operation in the Andean country, after a court ruled their rights to prior consultation were violated.
LISBON, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled from the COP27 summit in Egypt to Portugal yesterday to meet officials, showing that improving foreign ties and the country’s image abroad will be one of his top priorities as president.
QUITO, (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in violence at a prison in Ecuador’s capital Quito yesterday, the prisons agency said, after authorities moved two gang leaders to a maximum security facility.
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