Regional News

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday accused the Venezuelan government of failing to deliver on some of its key commitments that resulted in U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s government today said it would extend a state of emergency in its Ouest Department, the seat of the capital Port-au-Prince, for another month after an escalation in violence from gangs seeking to oust the prime minister while he remains abroad.

(Trinidad Guardian) An autopsy is expected to be carried out today on the body of a Valsayn woman who was found dead in her home on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has written to broadcasters advising them to refrain from playing music with violent lyrics that can negatively impact young people and children.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it was calling on Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to expedite a political transition as armed gangs seek his ouster amid a collapse in security and a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said yesterday he had tendered his resignation after an audio recording came out over the weekend purporting to be of the official attempting to improperly influence government contracts.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly a month since the Gulfstream barge ran aground off the coast of Cove spewing bunker fuel, officials have announced that the leaking has stopped.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry landed in Puerto Rico yesterday, as questions as to why he had not returned to his country swirled amid escalating gang violence that has threatened to topple his government and left thousands homeless.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez yesterday  took the witness stand at his U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold its presidential election on July 28, the head of the national electoral council said yesterday, though uncertainty remains over who will be the opposition coalition’s candidate with President Nicolas Maduro expected to seek another term.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The former heads of Brazil’s Army and Air Force have confirmed to federal police that ex-President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a draft decree to prevent the handover of power after the 2022 election, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – At least 126 human rights and environmental defenders were murdered in Latin America in 2023, according to data from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published yesterday, matching the previous year’s figure.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A fresh wave of violence in Haiti this week triggered by a top gang leader’s push to overthrow the prime minister has forced more than 15,000 people to flee the fighting, accentuating an increasing sense of misery and lawlessness.

(Trinidad Guardian) St Lucia’s Opposition Leader Allan Chastanet says a plan is being developed to establish a single body of opposition leaders from countries across the Caribbean.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s neighbours yesterday began shoring up their defences and recalling embassy staff as a gang conflict in the Caribbean nation escalated and thousands fled fresh fighting.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Workers at Argentine state news agency Telam found the doors of the 80-year-old institution’s office barred yesterday and were told to down tools for at least a week after libertarian President Javier Milei said he would close the agency down.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba yesterday confirmed it had sought help from the World Food Programme to guarantee the supply of subsidized powdered milk for children, according to a report in state-run media, a sign of deepening economic woes on the communist-run Caribbean island.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said yesterday 12 more people, including judges, have been detained in a sprawling organized crime investigation in Guayas province.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a major shake up at the country’s main intelligence gathering agency, Major Roger Best, head of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) has been sent on administrative leave.

(Trinidad Guardian) Following the revelations of a Sunday Guardian investigation into the Tobago oil spill and subsequent claims by the Opposition that the Government is failing to keep the public informed about its investigation, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young says the Government has to ensure accuracy and seek documented verification as it investigates.