Regional News

(Trinidad Express) She was the first of six children to attend university and her family had hoped she would achieve her dreams of becoming an attorney.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rima Hosein lost her two sons weeks apart–her youngest son Matthew Hosein, 17, mysteriously disappeared on August 25.

(Trinidad Express) Former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine says while the signing of the exploration and production licence is a step up the ladder to Dragon gas coming to Trinidad and Tobago, the Government needs to give a definitive estimate for first gas.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – A local court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former President Alfredo Cristiani for the alleged cover-up of the 1981 El Mozote massacre during the Central American country’s civil war that lasted twelve years.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba on Friday became the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to authorize euthanasia, following Colombia.

(Trinidad Guardian) Amid claims of foreign exchange wastage, the United National Congress (UNC) is calling for the resignations of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and chairman of the Massy Group.

(Trinidad Guardian) Amid claims of foreign exchange wastage, the United National Congress (UNC) is calling for the resignations of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and chairman of the Massy Group.

(Reuters) – A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty in a U.S.

A natural gas project to be developed in Venezuelan waters by Shell SHEL.L

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A license extended by Venezuela to Shell SHEL.L

(Trinidad Guardian) The police constable accused of killing two people and injuring two others during an incident at the Courts Megastore in San Juan on Sunday, was arrested by a team of officers on Thursday night.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Twenty-four Venezuelans have been freed as part of this week’s prisoner exchange deal with the United States, Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado said yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police yesterday conducted raids as part of a probe into petrochemical producer Braskem’s BRKM5.SA

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on the rise, this time driven by a wave of arrivals from Venezuela and Cuba.

(Trinidad Express) The suspect in Tobago’s 11th murder walked into the Shirvan Road Police Station yesterday, told police a murder had been committed and then led officers to the crime scene at Gleneagles Drive, Mt Irvine.

(Trinidad Express) A double murder has rocked Tobago. The deceased are Akiem Frith of Rockly Vale, Scarborough, and Lawrence Fritz Allyen who were both shot dead outside Sherwin Williams Paints, Bon Accord, yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) The board of Massy Holdings Ltd has sent its executive vice president of Business Integrity, Angelique Parisot-Potter, on administrative leave until January 12, Massy sources told Guardian Media last night.

CARACAS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ten Americans who were freed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in a U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s release of 30 U.S. and domestic prisoners in exchange for freedom for a key ally of President Nicolas Maduro represents an opportunity for Maduro to bolster his political strength ahead of elections next year, analysts said.

PARAMARIBO, (Reuters) – A three-judge panel in Suriname today upheld the conviction of former President Desi Bouterse for his role in the execution of 15 people in the former Dutch colony in December 1982.