MADRID, (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers agreed yesterday they would not recognise the “democratic legitimacy” of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro following the country’s disputed election, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
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(Trinidad Guardian) As Trinidad and Tobago prepares to commemorate 62 years of independence on August 31, and following African Emancipation Day celebrations on August 01, the Department of History of The University of the West Indies (UWI), St.
MADRID, (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers agreed today they would not recognise the “democratic legitimacy” of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro following the country’s disputed election, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Investigations are continuing into the death of 16-year-old Aliyah Santoo, who was allegedly shot by a male companion at a house in Wallerfield on Tuesday night.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A controversial reform of Mexico’s judiciary is set to be debated and voted on in Congress next week, a leading ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday, amid friction with Canada and the United States that have criticized the reform, saying it could impact investment and trade.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ foreign ministry yesterday said it would end a more than a century-old extradition treaty with the U.S.
QUITO, (Reuters) – The Ecuadorean government yesterday began the process of shuttering oil wells in the 43-ITT block, located on a vast nature reserve, after voters last year backed a referendum to end drilling in the area on environmental concerns.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Michoacan state, Mexico’s avocado heartland, launched a certification programme yesterday aimed at helping consumers in the United States and other countries avoid those grown on illegally logged land.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United Nations yesterday said journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, imprisoned in Guatemala over the last two years, is being held in potentially life-threatening, inhumane conditions that could amount to torture.
(Trinidad Guardian) A panel of the Office of the Procurement Regulator (OPR) has determined that the Housing Development Corporation may have deviated from the request for proposals (RFP) and other documents when it published an intention to award the contract to build housing units at Santa Rosa to China Harbour Engineering Company.
PUCON, Chile, (Reuters) – Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specializing in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference this week to share the most cutting-edge research from the vast white continent.
(Trinidad Express) Minister of Agriculture Kazim Hosein has presented Letters of Appointment to the 14 members of the Food Security and Food Prices Committee.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro yesterday made major changes to his cabinet, including leadership of the oil and finance ministries and state oil company PDVSA, after a contested election both the ruling party and the opposition claim to have won.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The Mexican government has paused its relationship with the U.S.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Some of the suspects arrested for setting fire to sugarcane fields in Sao Paulo state told police they are linked to an organized crime gang and were retaliating for anti-crime actions by the government, a senior state official said on Tuesday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Peaceful street protests and international pressure still have the potential to unseat Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said today, as an election dispute reached the one-month mark and the opposition’s pathways to claim power seemed narrow.
(Jamaica Gleaner) After 14 years, King of Dancehall Vybz Kartel is set to make his triumphant return to the stage in a historic concert aptly titled Freedom Street.
(Trinidad Express) Trinbago Commercial Development Company Ltd (TCDC), which owns MovieTowne, Port of Spain, has agreed to place TT$3 million in escrow until the substantive case over arrears is determined.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his elected successor defended their proposed judicial overhaul yesterday, as a major U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The office of Venezuela’s top prosecutor issued a second summons yesterday for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez to be questioned about an opposition website that published detailed results of last month’s disputed presidential election.
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