Regional News

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have opened an investigation into events that led to last week’s arrest of Sinaloa Cartel chief Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Mexico’s security minister said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Scotiabank employee and mother of two Giselle Crystal Peters was looking forward to completing and moving into her new home with her family by Christmas.

 (Reuters) – Leaders across the Americas and beyond reacted to Venezuela’s electoral authority’s announcement just after midnight on Monday that President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term in office, despite multiple exit polls that pointed to an opposition win.

CARACAS/MARACAIBO/MARACAY, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said today that the country’s opposition has 73.2% of the voting tallies from yesterday’s election, allowing it to prove election results it says give it a victory.

Approximately 400 Venezuelans gathered on Thomas Street between Quamina and Church streets yesterday afternoon to express solidarity and hope regarding the ongoing Venezuelan elections.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans were awaiting results late on Sunday in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with the opposition saying they believed there were “reasons to celebrate” but asking supporters to continue monitoring vote counts.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelans were awaiting results late on Sunday in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with President Nicolas Maduro confident of victory even as the opposition has attracted impassioned support and warned of possible irregularities.

(Reuters) – The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao today became the newest associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a bloc promoting economic integration and cooperation across a region of largely small island developing states.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is once again recruiting nurses from Ghana, despite reports that a number of them, particularly those from the first batch entering the country, had broken their contracts to go to greener pastures in the United Kingdom.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It is no secret that broadcaster, writer and historian, Roger Steffens, is the owner of a massive reggae archive, which houses the largest collection of Bob Marley artefacts in the world.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelans waited in line at polling stations and cast ballots on Sunday in the most consequential election in a quarter-century of socialist party rule, with President Nicolas Maduro confident of victory even as the opposition has attracted impassioned support and warned of possible irregularities.

(Reuters) – As a propeller plane on Thursday whirred towards the U.S.-Mexico

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Havana residents watched from shore on Saturday as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called routine.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the notorious alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S.

CARACAS/PANAMA CITY  (Reuters) – Authorities from Venezuela and Panama yesterday said normal air travel had resumed between the countries after Panama had earlier accused Venezuela of blocking a plane carrying ex-presidents en route to Caracas to observe tomorrow’s election.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration will “calibrate” its sanctions policy towards Venezuela depending on how the high-stakes election unfolds in the OPEC nation on Sunday, U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Government has secured a 20-year lease from Venezuela to obtain gas from the Cocuina-Manakin field, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Months after he fled his home after it was firebombed twice, a 58-year-old man was gunned down as he left a casino in San Fernando on Wednesday night.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he trusts the country’s military will ensure respect for the result of the presidential election this Sunday, as he and his rival, incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, held final rallies.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge yesterday issued an injunction to stop the paving of a highway through the centre of the Amazon rainforest, amid fears the roadway would boost deforestation and further drive climate change.