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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian investigators believe 6.19 billion reais ($2.1 billion) in bribes were moved in a corruption scheme involving state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol said yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s powerful parliament head Diosdado Cabello has sought a travel ban on some media bosses he is suing for slander over reproducing a story from a Spanish newspaper accusing him of running a drug ring.

The Commonwealth Observer Group yesterday welcomed the release of the preliminary results for all 10 districts in the national and regional elections.

CAMP DAVID, Md., (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed yesterday to back Gulf allies against any “external attack,” seeking to reassure them of Washington’s iron-clad commitment to their security amid Arab anxiety over U.S.-led

On May 13, Ivan Roberto Sierra -Medel was appointed the newest Mexican Ambassador to Caricom strengthening the ties first established in 1974.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP), which stormed to victory in a provincial election in conservative Alberta this month, has vaulted ahead of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in national support, a public opinion poll showed yesterday.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has extended congratulations to the Guyanese public for their orderly Election Day conduct.

By Jeff Trotman A young professional has charged Lindeners and the rest of Guyana to collectively utilize the resources of Linden to make it a model township of the twenty-first century and to build a better country for all Guyanese.

KHANNA/KAMARGAON, India, (Reuters) – Just one year after taking office, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a challenge that could come to haunt him – the farm sector that sustains three-fifths of the population is in deep trouble, and he is being blamed for not doing enough.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – President Pierre Nkurunziza returned to Burundi yesterday, his office said, after the army chief declared that an attempted coup staged when the east African leader was abroad had failed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul on Wednesday night slammed Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for her suggestion that she and her colleagues should be cleared in the Emailgate probe, saying the police were far from done with their investigations and the case was still wide open.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The Argentine government’s call for medical tests to evaluate a Supreme Court judge’s mental and physical health has placed the independence of the country’s judiciary under tight scrutiny for a second time this year.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A surprise boost to pension benefits approved in Congress late on Wednesday could cost Brazil dozens of billions of dollars in the years ahead, jeopardizing government efforts to rein in spending excesses that threaten the country’s fiscal health.

A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change Coalition (APNU+AFC) today called on all Guyanese to remain “calm and respectful” even as the group says it awaits the official declaration of results of the 2015 elections and the swearing in of David Granger as the next President of Guyana.

President Donald Ramotar has refused to concede that the PPP/C has lost the 2015 general elections and while saying that the party has won, has called for a total recount of all the votes.

The Private Sector Commission has welcomed the release of the results of the General and Regional Elections of 2015 by GECOM.

Amid continuing PPP/C efforts to challenge the results of the 2015 general elections, Swami Aksharananda today issued a statement calling on the ruling party to accept the result that it had lost the election and to move on.

With all results in, the APNU+AFC alliance has won the most votes for the 2015 General Elections.

UK High Commissioner, Greg Quinn says there is no evidence to support new allegations made today by the PPP/C of irregularities in Monday’s elections.

Amid a series of new claims by the ruling PPP/C of irregularities in Monday’s general elections, the US Embassy has taken the extraordinary step of issuing a statement affirming its view that the voting was free and fair.