BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes yesterday ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram, saying it had repeatedly refused to adhere to judicial orders or comply with the country’s laws, according to a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters.
(Trinidad Express) – A body believed to be that of missing Tucker Energy Services employee Zephaniah Harripaul was found on Thursday, approximately 200 feet down a precipice off North Coast Road.
(Trinidad Guardian) Christopher Thomas was sentenced to eight years hard labour after pleading guilty to robbery with violence against a male victim.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said late on Wednesday it had sentenced upwards of 100 protesters in Havana to between 4 and 30 years in prison for violence committed during island-wide demonstrations last year, the largest since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s top court yesterday reinstated a controversial pardon for polarizing former President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the Andean nation during the tumultuous 1990s before being sentenced for human rights violations.
(Trinidad Guardian) – The Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Wednesday, which saw the country’s third-highest officeholder being reassigned, is being viewed as a significant demotion for Faris Al-Rawi.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian tribal leaders and advocates yesterday criticized the granting of an indigenous rights award to President Jair Bolsonaro, calling it an “atrocity” that ignores his record on dismantling protections for native people and the environment.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday, which saw the country’s third-highest officeholder being reassigned, is being viewed as a significant demotion for Faris Al-Rawi.
(Trinidad Guardian) There are new front line faces in the Rowley Cabinet following a reshuffle announced yesterday which will see a new Attorney General Reginald Armour replacing Faris Al-Rawi.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says he is accepting his new role as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development with “great excitement and pleasure.”
(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has reshuffled his Cabinet, making several significant changes on Wednesday afternoon.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The poorest will be the hardest hit across Latin America and the Caribbean by the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the region facing further inflationary pressure, a senior official at the International Monetary Fund said yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico should enact a series of reforms to boost the country’s low productivity, the World Bank said in a report released yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Biologists in Rio de Janeiro studying the presence of microplastics in marine life off the coast of Brazil’s postcard city have found that the impact of plastic pollution is far worse than they had feared.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s divisive battle over abortion rights could get a central role in the Andean country’s planned new constitution after an assembly voted to approve part of the draft text that calls on the state to guarantee women’s reproductive rights.
(Reuters) – There is a possibility of replacing Petrobras’ PETR4.SA chief executive, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday, adding further pressure to the state-run oil company’s pricing policy.
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) recently acquired 1,000 new body cameras which are currently being distributed, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Over 100 workers attached to Unilever may be out of a job at the end of July after the company confirmed it would cease production in T&T.
PUYO, Ecuador, (Reuters) – Indigenous leaders from nine countries in the Amazon basin met in Ecuador yesterday and demanded South America governments halt extractive industries which damage the rainforest, urging them to respect agreements and legal rulings recognizing communities’ rights over territories.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking meetings with political and business groups, and unions, among others, so that they can join negotiations alongside opposition politicians led by Juan Guaido, it said yesterday.
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