Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Star Team has soundly beaten the Rushton Paray-led United Patriots in the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Thousands of women protested yesterday against a bill advancing in Brazil’s conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide and establish sentences of six to 20 years in prison.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico enacted two controversial laws on Friday that increase the president’s ability to grant amnesty and limit judges’ ability to suspend public projects.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran authorities announced a slate of measures yesterday intended to cut down on organized crime, including the construction of a new prison, collective trials and terrorist designations for gang members.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of National Security says a new study by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on crime and criminality in Trinidad and Tobago, will play a crucial role in formulating strategies to combat criminal gangs in the country.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A Canadian navy patrol ship sailed into Havana early yesterday, just hours after the United States announced a fast-attack submarine had docked at its Guantanamo naval base in Cuba, both vessels on the heels of Russian warships that arrived on the island earlier this week.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s lower house yesterday approved a pension reform proposed by President Gustavo Petro, marking a victory for the leftist, who has struggled to get lawmaker approval for several of his cornerstone promises.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti will replace the head of its national police force, Frantz Elbe, with former chief Rameau Normil, the prime minister’s office told Reuters yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board yesterday cleared the way for Argentina to draw $800 million to help drive its economic recovery, saying the lending programme was “firmly on track”.

MOSCOW/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday that the United States should not be nervous about Russian warships in Cuba but that the West appeared deaf to any diplomatic signals from Moscow and only took notice when the army or navy took action.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The World Bank said yesterday it will issue a new bond expected to raise some $200 million to support its sustainability activities and reforestation in Brazil’s Amazon, and has chosen HSBC HSBA.L

(Trinidad Guardian) On Tuesday, a significant hydrocarbon deposit was detected drifting from the gulf stream vessel near the Cove area in Tobago.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The Kremlin said today there was no reason for any country, including the United States, to be worried about the presence of Russian warships in Cuba on an exercise.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s Senate passed a sprawling bill yesterday that is key to libertarian President Javier Milei’s economic reform plans, while protesters set fires and clashed with police in the streets outside Congress.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados and the State of Palestine formally established diplomatic relations on Tuesday, June 11, at a ceremony at the Barbados Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police have formally accused Communications Minister Juscelino Filho of passive corruption and other crimes, sources said on Wednesday, making him the first member of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s current cabinet to face such allegations.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Argentina lost an appeal in a London court yesterday to reverse a ruling which had left it facing a 1.56-billion-euro ($1.67 billion) bill over GDP-linked securities. 

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbour today, a stopover the U.S.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Mining giants Vale VALE3.SA and BHP BHP.AX and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a new offer to settle reparations over the 2015 Mariana disaster, Vale said in a securities filing today.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s administration picked new ministers yesterday, rounding out the new prime minister’s cabinet, in a stark departure from the previous government as the country battles a deep humanitarian crisis fueled by armed gangs.