Regional News

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Two U.S. investment funds yesterday said they formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm to pursue oil and gas exploration and production projects in the U.S.-sanctioned

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s environment ministry said yesterday it rejected a key environmental permit for a solar power plant that German automaker Audi has proposed to build near its factory in the central Mexican state of Puebla.

(Trinidad Express) PC Clarence Gilkes was killed by a police bullet.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending almost 17 years in prison and facing three trials, five men convicted of kidnapping a businesswoman and allegedly burying her alive have been set free.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government and indigenous groups’ leaders yesterday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of President Guillermo Lasso which left at least eight dead, indigenous leaders said.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu on Thursday, as the blaze threatened to close in on the ancient city high in the Andean mountains.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A U.S. delegation led by President Joe Biden’s chief hostage negotiator ended a visit to Venezuela yesterday after failing to secure the release of any of the Americans detained there, U.S.

(Reuters) – Nicaragua has shut down 101 civic organizations and charities, including the local branch of the Missionaries of Charity established by Mother Teresa, the country’s national assembly said in a statement late on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is seeking to assure the almost 200,000 people who have been without pipe-borne water due to the inclement weather, that their supply should return soon.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Pedro Guimaraes, the head of Brazilian state lender Caixa Economica Federal and a close ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, resigned yesterday amid an alleged sexual harassment scandal that could hurt the president’s re-election hopes.

(Reuters) – Venezuela has taken some steps to strengthen the rule of law but the lack of independence of its legal system remains concerning, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a new report yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) 16-year-old schoolgirl who suffered severe burns in a fire that killed three family members on Saturday, died at the San Fernando General Hospital yesteday.

(Trinidad Express) A Sangre Grande mother who attempted to save her daughter was chopped to death inside her home on Monday night.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas,  (Reuters) – At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said yesterday, as two Mexican nationals tied to the unprecedented smuggling tragedy were charged in U.S.

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – The Bahamas police said yesterday that an investigation into the mysterious death of three Americans in May at a resort on the island of Great Exuma determined they perished due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Forty-nine inmates died during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said early today, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) This country is under a Tropical Storm Warning. Grenada and its dependencies are also under a Tropical Strom Warning.

(Trinidad Express) A pregnant woman was among two people shot and killed during separate incidents in Arima and Diego Martin between Saturday night and yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The United National Congress and its MPs want everyone to put last Sunday’s elections behind and unite to fight the People’s National Movement as one.

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany,  (Reuters) – The international community should explore all options to alleviate a Russian squeeze of energy supplies that has spiked prices, including talks with producing nations like Iran and Venezuela, a French presidency official said yesterday.