SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – The February kidnap and murder of a Venezuelan opposition figure in Chile was ordered from Venezuela and likely political, according to Chile’s prosecutor’s office, and the government will seek to extradite two suspects who fled to Venezuela.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s government today issued a decree formalizing the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council, a long-delayed move that is intended as the first step in bringing security to the crisis-wracked country.
(Trinidad Guardian) The parents of at least seven babies who died between April 2 and April 9 at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital are calling for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding their babies’ deaths.
(Trinidad Guardian) Thousands of gallons of bunker fuels still remain inside the overturned barge just off the coast of Tobago, more than two months after the barge, identified as Gulfstream, crashed into a coral bed, according to THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine.
(Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers yesterday called for the country to take further action to stop the flow of firearms to Haiti and to halt the forced return of migrants seeking to flee worsening street violence and shortages of essential supplies.
MEXICO CITY/THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Mexico has asked the top court of the United Nations to suspend Ecuador’s membership until the South American country issues a public apology for its raid on Mexico’s embassy in Quito, court filings released by the International Court of Justice showed yesterday.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Deaths caused by the mosquito-born dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the South American nation’s government, which is redoubling efforts to contain an epidemic that has hit poor areas the hardest.
(Trinidad Express) from April 4th to April 7th, the staff at the Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Port of Spain General Hospital observed a rapid deterioration in the clinical status of several neonates.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric recalled his country’s ambassador in Caracas for consultations, he said in a post on X today, citing remarks by Venezuela’s foreign minister about criminal organization Tren de Aragua.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Principal Director of National Integrity Action (NIA) Danielle Archer is calling for the urgent repeal of the Official Secrets Act, arguing that the more current Protected Disclosures Act, or whistleblower legislation, cannot succeed alongside the archaic, colonial law.
(Trinidad Express) Making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Trinidad and Tobago’s final appellate court would be one of the highest honours that could be given to the court’s first president, Michael de la Bastide, says Law Association (LATT) president Lynette Seebaran-Suite, SC.
(Trinidad Express) A mother of two who lived in fear for months after several attempts were made on her life, and who pleaded with police for protection, was shot dead in San Fernando yesterday morning.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – A representative of Brazil’s Yanomami people said he met Pope Francis today to ask him to support Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s efforts to save his indigenous people.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on Sunday dismissed his minister of environment and natural resources, fewer than 100 days into his term, to “avoid any doubt” over the integrity of his government, a statement said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Eleven days after real estate businessman and tutor Linwald Beharry went missing, his body was found in Cachipe Village, Moruga, on Friday night.
(Trinidad Express) Two bystanders were injured yesterday afternoon during a deadly reprisal attack near the Besson Street Police Station, in East Port of Spain, following a murder in Beetham Gardens.
(Trinidad Express) A 456-page report has been produced by Senior Counsel Kerwyn Garcia and attorney Vishma Jaisingh, as the independent investigation into conglomerate Massy Holdings Ltd has been completed.
(Trinidad Express) A bystander was accidentally shot by a police officer attempting to defend himself in Port of Spain after he was robbed on Thursday evening.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A 71-year-old employee of bauxite company Jamalco was shot and killed and a female teacher injured following an attack at a bar in Western Park, May Pen in Clarendon on Friday night.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government will allow six aides of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado who are currently at the Argentine embassy in Caracas to travel safely to Argentina, a government source said on Friday.
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