BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police yesterday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating jewelry he received while head of state, including luxury items given by the Saudi Arabian government, two police sources said.
LIMA, (Reuters) – The presidents of Peru and Ecuador pledged to join efforts to fight transnational organized crime and also discussed new possibilities for oil processing, Peruvian Dina Boluarte said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The Government’s move to nominate two people to the One Caribbean Media board of directors has arisen out of what Minister in the Ministry of Finance Brian Manning yesterday described as its concern for the “precipitous decline in the value of OCM shares”.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of devastation across the southern parishes of Manchester and St Elizabeth where infrastructure was severely impacted by the system’s strong winds and driving rain.
(Trinidad Guardian) The procurement of high-powered weapons and the training of personnel to use them were part of a possible plot by the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) to replace the Government.
(Trinidad Guardian) Che Mendez, a driver employed with Massy Distribution, was reportedly delivering cigarettes around 12.35 pm when he was shot in the head during what the police claimed was an attempted robbery.
CARACAS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Venezuelan officials restarted talks yesterday, with Washington saying it urged President Nicolas Maduro’s government to ensure that elections scheduled for July 28 will be “competitive and inclusive.”
(Trinidad Guardian) Colonial Life Insurance Company (Clico) on Monday reported after-tax profit of TT$2.30 billion for the year ended Decem-ber 31, 2023.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government’s chief negotiator, Jorge Rodriguez, said today that the first virtual meeting with a U.S.
KINGSTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm today, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least three people.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of death and destruction in its wake after rampaging across the Caribbean.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration remains open to dialogue with the Venezuelan government, U.S.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday he was worried about the weakness of Brazil’s currency and that something needed to be done to tackle what he called “speculation,” as the real plunged to more than two-year lows.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian police said yesterday they broke up an organization that allegedly laundered 5.5 billion reais ($970 million) in money derived from selling cocaine to Mexican cartels and other markets.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the United States’ nearby Guantanamo Bay naval base, a Washington think tank found using satellite images, the latest upgrade to the country’s surveillance capabilities long thought to be linked to China.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Latin America and the Caribbean should brace for the arrival of La Nina, the climate pattern seen fueling a highly active hurricane season in the Atlantic and greater climate variability across the region, experts said yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Argentina’s right-wing President Javier Milei reiterated criticism of his leftist Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva yesterday in an escalation of their recent public clash and ahead of a planned trip to Brazil.
(Trinidad Guardian) Winds reaching over 150 miles per hour tore through Grenada’s Carriacou Island as Hurricane Beryl made landfall.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba`s government said late on Sunday it would double down on price controls and continue to fight tax evasion in an increasingly desperate bid to tamp down on a ballooning fiscal deficit and spiraling inflation that have devastated its economy.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Trinidad and Tobago has weathered Hurricane Beryl without significant damage.
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