PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday called for renewing a United Nations mandate for an international security mission to help Haiti fight armed gangs that have taken over much of the country’s capital and expanded to nearby regions.
WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua yesterday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who has in recent years often expelled individuals who he sees as hostile to his rule.
(Reuters) – The Central American Bank for Economic Integration said yesterday it filed a lawsuit against its former president in U.S.
(Trinidad Express) US District Judge Carlos Mendoza on Wednesday sentenced Varun Maharajh to seven years in federal prison for smuggling firearms overseas and possessing firearms as an unlawful alien.
BOGOTA/CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said today she wants the United States to do “much more” to press President Nicolas Maduro amid an ongoing dispute over July’s presidential election.
(Trinidad Express) Police responded to a gruesome scene in Tableland on Wednesday night where a brother and sister were hacked to death.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A leading anti-corruption activist called on Honduran President Xiomara Castro yesterday to resign after a video surfaced that appeared to show her brother-in-law negotiating campaign donations with drug traffickers over a decade ago.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti has expanded its state of emergency to cover the entire nation’s territory, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Garry Conille said yesterday, as the Caribbean country battles violent gangs that have taken over much of the capital and started expanding into nearby regions.
SAN SALVADOR, Sept 4 (Reuters) – El Salvador should end a long-running state of emergency and reinstate suspended constitutional rights after achieving significant security gains due to its anti-gang crackdown, a prominent human rights commission said on Wednesday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – General Motors GM.N said yesterday that it would begin producing its first-ever hybrid-flex vehicles that can run on 100% ethanol or gasoline alongside their batteries in Brazil.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The lawyer for Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday the attorney general’s office would not formally accept his affidavit explaining why Gonzalez ignored three summons, amid an ongoing election dispute.
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke signed an agreement on behalf of the Jamaican government that could see the completion of as many as 10 major infrastructure projects valued at US$2 billion.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A mother is now regretting sending her son outside to get fresh air, only for him to be murdered by gunmen a day after receiving his status letter from The University of the West Indies (UWI).
BRASILIA/CARACAS, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser yesterday slammed Venezuela’s arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as “very concerning” and said there was a clear “authoritarian escalation” in the country.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s lower house of Congress launched into a debate on a controversial judicial reform yesterday despite a rare, last-ditch work stoppage by Supreme Court judges in protest.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A report from the United Nations released yesterday detailed alleged crimes committed by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, including an intensifying crackdown on dissent enforced with a new wave of arbitrary arrests and torture.
(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s satellite broadband firm, Starlink, on Tuesday said that it is complying with Brazil’s top court order to block access to social media platform X in the country, a day after informing the country’s regulator it would not obey the order.
(Trinidad Express) The feud over rent and control of MovieTowne continues, with the Port of Spain Infrastructure Company (POSINCO) and Trinbago Commercial Development Company (TCDC) both asserting their “rights” over the property.
BRASILIA/CARACAS, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser today slammed the arrest warrant issued by Caracas for Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as “very concerning” and said there was a clear “authoritarian escalation” in the country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan Presi-dent Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Domini-can Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated U.S.
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