(Trinidad Guardian) A mother is mourning after her daughter and two grandchildren were found dead inside a decommissioned Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) tank in Parlatuvier, Tobago, last night.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Soil moisture in Brazil’s main river basins used for hydropower generation has fallen to nearly two-decade lows, data collected by the London Stock Exchange Group shows, threatening a prolonged impact from a serious drought even after rains return.
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia/ LA PAZ, (Reuters) – In the lowland Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, being gripped by some of its worst wildfires on record, nurse Raúl Gutiérrez said that the acrid sting of smoke almost never goes away and day has started to look almost like night.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil yesterday asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revised to avoid hurting Brazilian exports.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who steered economic growth during the 1990s but was later jailed for human rights abuses stemming from a bloody war against Maoist rebels, died on Wednesday.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban lab chemist Deisy Herrera was crushed when her two sons left the island in search of a better life.
MANAUS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after months of hedging on the issue, has committed his government to finishing a road through a pristine part of the Amazon rainforest, a move scientists say will bring disastrous deforestation.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate approved early today a sweeping judicial reform that will overhaul the country’s judiciary by electing judges by popular vote, a profound transformation that critics fear could threaten the rule of law and damage the economy.
(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert said on Monday that Clico addressed its obligation to repay its remaining liability of TT$1 billion to the Government in 2023, by selling all of its shareholding in Methanol Holdings International Ltd (MHIL) .
(Trinidad Express) Vishnu Badal appeared before the court on Monday, charged with the murder of siblings Kervon and Shenelle Singh.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced yesterday that his government will send an initial deployment of 24 military and police personnel to Haiti to support an international security mission aimed at helping it fight powerful gangs.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will remain a “very clear voice” pushing for change in his country despite fleeing to seek asylum in Spain, exiled opposition members Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo Lopez told Reuters yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass’ Special Report on T&T’s accounts for 2023, shows that a Central Bank of T&T letter of July stated that the CBTT was “unable to accommodate” the Auditor General’s June request for an urgent meeting to examine the Central Bank’s electronic cheque clearing system and its Go AnyWhere platform.
(Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government said yesterday it had stripped the nationality of 135 Nicaraguans who were released from prison last week and then deported to Guatemala, and ordered the confiscation of their property.
(Trinidad Express) Three more citizens have been murdered. Dead are Salina Rodriguez, Marlon Lee and Maleek Lee.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Chinese troops will take part for the first time in Brazil’s annual military exercises this week that also include U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian police carried out a wide operation against illegal mining in the Amazon today, raiding a criminal organization that financed the production and sale of 3.1 tonnes of gold whose origin was hidden with fraudulent papers.
CARACAS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The flight of former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has largely extinguished hope for political change, voters say, as long-time President Nicolas Maduro shrugs off international criticism about the conduct of July’s disputed election.
(Trinidad Express) Three more citizens have been murdered. Dead are Salina Rodriguez, Marlon Lee and Maleek Lee.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia, host nation for this year’s United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a record 79 killed according to UK advocacy group Global Witness.
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