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(Trinidad Guardian) Former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine is disputing statements made by Energy Minister Stuart Young that the decision by the US government to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector does not affect the special amended licence that was issued to the Government of T&T on October 17, 2023.

(Trinidad Guardian) Registered nurse Natasha Samuel says her baby girl Skiye died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital NICU on April 9.

(Trinidad Guardian) Registered nurse Natasha Samuel says her baby girl Skiye died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital NICU on April 9.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s major opposition coalition will back Edmundo Gonzalez for president in July’s election, its leadership said yesterday, after intense internal negotiations to determine who could take on President Nicolas Maduro.

St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew (centre) participated in a signing ceremony of a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UAE-based K&K Group and Siemens Energy, a global leader in the energy business to initiate a geothermal energy project in the Federation.

(Reuters) – More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53% from the last three months of 2023, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Following the United States’ decision Wednesday to resume sanctions against Venezuela, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley clarified that as it stands, the Dragon gas arrangement is unaffected.

OIAPOQUE, Brazil,  (Reuters) – State-run energy firm Petrobras has hit growing resistance from Indigenous groups and government agencies to its premier exploration project, which would open the most promising part of Brazil’s northern coast to oil drilling.

(Trinidad Express) DNA tests have confirmed that the body of a woman found in Arima in October is that of 23-year-old Alisha Phillip.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T’s Ministry of Energy said yesterday that the decision by the US government to reimpose sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector does not affect the special amended licence that was issued to the Government of T&T on October 17, 2023.

(Trinidad Guardian) The list of babies who died recently at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH), due to a suspected bacterial infection, continued to grow yesterday as lawyers identified three others, bringing the current running total to 11.

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration said it would not renew a license set to expire early today that had broadly eased Venezuela oil sanctions, moving to reimpose punitive measures in response to President Nicolas Maduro’s failure to meet his election commitments.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A woman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch and tried to get him to sign for a loan, but he had been dead for hours, Brazilian police said today.

 (Reuters) – A high-level Caribbean ambassador said on Wednesday it was crucial to establish a new international special tribunal to seek reparations for transatlantic slavery and its legacies in today’s society.

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. will not renew a license set to expire tomorrow that had broadly eased Venezuela oil sanctions, moving to reimpose punitive measures in response to President Nicolas Maduro’s failure to meet certain election commitments, senior U.S.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A court’s ruling that residents of a polluted Peruvian mining town have the right to a healthy environment could be a milestone for similar cases in Latin America, though the blighted community still faces hurdles in its fight for justice.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A renowned Venezuelan activist was arrested for his alleged involvement in a reported assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro last month, the country’s Attorney General Tarek Saab said late yesterday.

 (Reuters) – Argentina has bought 24 F-16 jets for its air force from Denmark, President Javier Milei and Defense Minister Luis Petri said in a video posted on X on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Digicel Group has announced Marcelo Cataldo as its new group chief executive officer, effective May,1.

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year, a State Department spokesperson said on yesterday, three days before the license is to expire.