RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s mining minister will visit Brazil and Chile over the coming two weeks, the ministry said today, as the world’s leading oil exporter seeks to expand its international presence in mining.
(Barbados Nation) Barbadians continue to default in paying their water bills.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health is reporting four (4) laboratory-confirmed deaths.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said on Friday that democracy in Guatemala “remains in danger,” despite election winner Bernardo Arevalo assuming the presidency this year after a post-electoral crisis.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s government expects to start deportation flights for migrants who crossed the country’s dangerous Darien jungle in two to three months, the country’s chief of migration Roger Mojica said Friday.
(Trinidad Guardian) A double homicide is under investigation following a shooting incident in Laventille on Friday.
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that China is looking to discuss its Belt and Road Initiative with Brazil, adding that his country will study what would be in for Brazil if it joins the initiative.
(Trinidad Guardian) What should have been a simple update turned into a major glitch with global consequences.
(Reuters) – After a month of an “iron fist” policy aimed at fighting rampant drug- and gang-related crime, Honduras police say they have seized hundreds of guns and arrested alleged gang members.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s finance minister, Ricardo Bonilla, yesterday said he was committed to a rapid investigation into corruption allegations against him, amid graft accusations involving several officials in President Gustavo Petro’s government.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least 40 Haitian migrants were killed at sea after the boat they were traveling on caught fire on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti said yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The world’s top chicken exporter Brazil has voluntarily halted poultry exports to some countries after a case of Newcastle disease was detected in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, its agriculture ministry said yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s agriculture ministry declared today an animal health emergency in the country’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul after a case of Newcastle disease was detected on a poultry farm.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Organizational decisions by Venezuela’s electoral authorities – from polling station staffing to the lay-out of the ballot – have been made with the intention of confusing voters and creating obstacles to a free presidential election on July 28, say opposition figures and analysts.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s security chief has been released from jail a day after he was arrested on charges of gender violence.
(Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s High Court reaffirmed yesterday a decision recognizing U.S.
(Reuters) – The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) has allocated $2.74 billion in loans across nine countries in the region to help fuel their energy transition, shore up their ecosystems and improve infrastructure, it said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) says it is “paying close attention” to recent developments affecting the membership of the Board of Directors of One Caribbean Media (OCM).
(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health yesterday revealed that there have been three dengue deaths and 303 laboratory cases in the country.
(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of Penal, Barrackpore and Debe woke up in shock yesterday after three hours of heavy overnight showers on Tuesday left their homes submerged in two to three feet of floodwater.
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