Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A shooting in Tunapuna yesterday morning has pushed the murder toll to 501.

(Reuters) – As Haiti’s gang-induced humanitarian crisis deepened in October, a group of looters ransacked a supermarket in a well-to-do suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince, leading police to arrest over a dozen people and take them to a nearby police station.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist election rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, traded barbs late yesterday in their final televised debate ahead of tomorrow’s tense runoff vote.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A well-known Haitian politician was killed in an apparent gang attack in an affluent suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince, Haitian media reported today, amid a gang blockade of a fuel terminal that has created a humanitarian crisis.

BUENOS AIRES/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Argentina reached a deal to restructure some $1.97 billion it owes the Paris Club, Argentina’s government and the creditor group said yesterday, which would push repayments back as far as 2028 and bring relief of some $248 million to country.

WINNIPEG, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday said a clear plan of action was needed before any mission to help Haiti goes forward, a day after his government sent a delegation to assess the humanitarian and security crisis in the Caribbean nation.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s energy minister Xavier Vera resigned yesterday amid an investigation into accusations he arranged jobs at state oil company Petroecuador in exchange for bribes.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chart-topper Rihanna released her first solo music in six years on Friday, an emotional ballad written in tribute to late actor Chadwick Boseman.

(Trinidad Guardian) A seven-month-old baby escaped death yesterday morning after gunmen stormed a St James home and murdered her parents.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidadian man living in south Florida, who admitted to attempting to hire a hitman to murder his ex-girlfriend’s new lover, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains the lead over his far-right adversary President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s runoff election, according to two polls today that showed the race is roughly stable.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Canadian government officials are in Haiti to assess the Caribbean nation’s humanitarian and security crisis, Ottawa said today amid ongoing international discussions over sending a multinational task force to quell gang violence.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s Congress yesterday approved a law to allow President Gustavo Petro to seek peace deals with leftist rebels and criminal groups tied to drug trafficking via negotiations and processes of surrender.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s mining industry said yesterday the sector is still dissatisfied with a proposed mining royalty bill, because despite recent adjustments the increased rates would hurt the country’s competitiveness.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivia’s government struck a deal with gold mining cooperatives yesterday, agreeing to levy a 4.8% tax on the gross sale value of gold and easing pressure on leftist Presi-dent Luis Arce amid pro-tests around the country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Washington is confident of securing a U.N. Security Council resolution and finding nations to lead a task force in early November to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols said yesterday.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan politicians are discussing proposals for a fund that could release over $3 billion to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through the United Nations, in a process that also involves officials from the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran is set to receive $5.47 million in compensation for being wrongfully dismissed by the Government in December 2015.

(Trinidad Express) Former Government Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira will receive more than $18 million in compensation from Gulf View Medical Centre and one of its doctors.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four men were killed and two women injured in separate shootings in Diego Martin, Cunupia, and Santa Cruz between Sunday night and Monday morning bringing the country’s murder count over the Divali long weekend to 11.