(Reuters) – Suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Haiti’s capital, as a clash with police and locals pointed to a resurgence of vigilante justice while the state remains absent.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela attorney general Tarek Saab said yesterday that two people close to opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado had been arrested, prompting Machado to call the charges leveled at her team “completely false.”
(Trinidad Express) There is growing alarm over the disappearance of contracting firm owner Shivam Parsuram.
(Reuters) – Residents in the upscale neighbourhood of Petion-Ville on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince barricaded themselves in their homes today, local media reported, citing heavy gunfire and bodies found on the street.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Weighing in on the raging debate surrounding the recent Privy Council quashing of Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer’s murder conviction, former Prime Minister Patterson and his colleague King’s Counsel Hugh Small said the decision taken to proceed with the trial after the jury-tampering incident “was not merely a risk but a fatal error”.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Acting House Leader and the minister responsible for gender, Olivia Grange, says Opposition Leader Mark Golding has brought the House of Representatives into disrepute by questioning the election of Juliet Holness as House Speaker.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The United States is seeing some “negative signals” regarding Venezuela’s commitment to free elections that could mean sanctions on its oil industry may not be extended, a U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of fraud on his vaccination records, opening the door to criminal charges, according to a police report seen by Reuters yesterday.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian police have carried out the second-largest drug bust in the country’s history, seizing more than 7.2 tons of cocaine destined for Belgium with a street value of nearly half a billion U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for a total repeal of the Property Tax Amendment Act.
(Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police indicted the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro for suspected fraud on his vaccination records, two sources related to the matter said on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for a total repeal of the Property Tax Amendment Act.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least ten people were killed in a wealthy suburb of Haiti’s capital yesterday, there were reports of looting, and thefts of electricity equipment cut the power supply as lawlessness spread to affluent areas and gangs tightened their grip on the city.
(Reuters) – A U.S. government research team found no significant physical evidence of brain injury in a group of federal employees suffering symptoms of the “Havana syndrome” ailment that emerged in 2016, according to studies published in a medical journal yesterday.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s foreign ministry said it had summoned the top U.S.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona paid $1.3 million for the rental of a luxury vehicle to transport Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, following a motor-vehicle crash that disabled the 2023 BMW X6 assigned to him.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Hundreds in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest yesterday, according to social media and official reports, prompting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to call for dialogue in an “atmosphere of tranquility and peace.”
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he does not fear being put on trial, one day after a police investigation revealed the far-right politician tried to co-op the country’s military chiefs in a coup plan to overturn his 2022 election defeat.
(Trinidad Guardian) While many people were preparing for errands yesterday morning, the families of five men, including a police sergeant, were left in shock and grief after their loved ones were gunned down in Harpe Place, East Port-of-Spain.
(Trinidad Guardian) Just a day after his return from Venezuela, Energy Minister Stuart Young proudly announced T&T’s achievement in securing substantial revenue from multinational corporations after Government renegotiated energy deals.
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