LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian president Luis Arce yesterday called for the end of costly highway blockades that have paralyzed parts of the country and fueled an increasingly volatile conflict with his main political rival.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Estate Management and Business Development Company Limited (EMBD) will have to pay over $83 million in outstanding fees to Junior Sammy Contractors Limited.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, said yesterday that the foreign exchange window opened by the Exim Bank for wholesale importers of basic foods and pharmaceuticals during the COVID-19 pandemic was a temporary initiative.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Director of Public Prosecutions has ruled that Constable Kevin Dilworth be charged with murder after he allegedly shot a 47-year-old motorist who reportedly threw soup at him during a traffic altercation.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican Supreme Court Justice Alfredo Gutierrez will resign from the court at the end of August 2025, he said in a letter on Tuesday, the first of several resignations expected following a controversial judicial reform.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Chinese national is set to appear in court after being charged with money laundering.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Protesters torched cars and attacked police in a new night of trouble on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local government said today, as violent demonstrations over rising living costs show no signs of abating.
(Trinidad Guardian) A mother of three was shot and killed as she left a bar in Cocoyea Village, San Fernando, yesterday morning.
CARICOM yesterday said that it is deeply concerned by the ongoing differences being played out in public between the President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) and the Prime Minister of Haiti.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Collective Defense Institute has filed two lawsuits demanding 3 billion reais ($525.27 million) from the Brazilian units of TikTok, Kwai and Meta Platforms META.O
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Broilers Group Limited, JBG, says most of its growth in the immediate future will come from the United States segment of its business, where it expanded its chicken plant to produce 700,000 chickens per week.
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A tanker carrying about 400,000 barrels of oil departed from Mexico’s Pajaritos port and was today en route to Cuba, where an acute energy crisis has left the island struggling to keep the lights on, shipping data showed.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 49-year-old former soldier was shot and killed during a robbery yesterday afternoon.
MONTEVIDEO/TREINTA Y TRES, (Reuters) – Official presidential results in Uruguay yesterday showed center-left candidate Yamandu Orsi will likely face conservative Alvaro Delgado in a second round next month, as no candidate secured the majority needed for a photo-finish.
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales accused the government of his one-time ally Luis Arce of trying to kill him on Sunday after his car was struck by bullets in an early-morning ambush, threatening to ignite a full-on political crisis in the Andean nation.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilians on Sunday began voting in 51 cities for municipal officials in runoff elections expected to confirm a swing to the right of the electorate and redraw the political landscape for presidential and congressional elections in 2026.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia’s former leader Evo Morales said today his vehicle was hit by gunfire captured in a video, reflecting how political tensions between him and the Andean nation’s current president Luis Arce have turned violent.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago could be facing a shortage of basic food items as wholesalers who import the majority of these goods have been unable to access foreign exchange from the Exim Bank in two months.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A gang attack in Port-au-Prince forced residents to flee their homes yesterday as the gangs operating in and around the Haitian capital ramp up attacks on areas they do not yet control.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world’s largest JBS SA JBSS3.SA,
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