CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday that President Nicolas Maduro’s government would have already banned him from public office if it had been planning on blocking his presidential candidacy.
(Reuters) – Panama’s top court today ruled the presidential candidacy of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli’s former running mate Jose Raul Mulino is constitutional, days before the election.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The majority of Haiti’s transition council who had nominated an interim prime minister earlier this week has walked back the decision, exposing the internal turmoil of the group charged with leading the Caribbean nation out of a prolonged crisis.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 29, local authorities said last evening, as the state government declared a state of public calamity to handle the dramatic situation.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil declared itself yesterday as free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, and will request World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) to recognize that status as it seeks to open more markets for its meat exports.
(Trinidad Guardian) A global outbreak of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu or avian flu, has prompted the Chief Veterinary Officer to ban the importation of poultry from Miami, Florida via both air and sea.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, has deemed the contents of a legal letter sent to him by Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass as “threats” and said he will not be “intimidated” in the course of his duties.
(Trinidad Guardian) A large group of British American Insurance Company (BAICO) policyholders from several Eastern Caribbean countries will have to wait to learn the fate of their lawsuit over a move by the T&T government to bail out only local financial subsidiaries of CL Financial (CLF).
(Trinidad Express) Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass has said that her independent office is under “political” attack, and she has threatened to haul Attorney General Reginald Armour before the courts should the State refuse to pay the legal costs for her to defend herself in this regard.
(Trinidad Express) Compared with other Caribbean partners, particularly Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago has got a raw deal in terms of World Cup Cricket matches to be played on local soil.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said yesterday that an inventory of military weapons showed over a million bullets, thousands of explosives, including grenades, and some missiles were missing from military bases, blaming corruption for the lost weapons.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council today named Edgard Leblanc, the former senate president, to head the body instated last week as it seeks to bring security back to the violence-wracked Caribbean nation.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old woman has partially succeeded in a lawsuit over protracted delays by the T&T Police Service (TTPS) in investigating a child pornography ring she was a victim of.
(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert has sought legal counsel on a letter from Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass’ attorney Anand Ramlogan SC’s Freedom Chambers, which Imbert says contains “outrageous, false and defamatory accusations and allegations”.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s oilseed and maritime worker unions kicked off a strike yesterday to protest a labour reform bill backed by radical libertarian President Javier Milei, which lawmakers began debating earlier in the day.