Regional News

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has made the Time 100 list of the most influential people.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that Trinidad and Tobago has been chosen to receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he described as “not-insignificant”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland is currently in St Kitts and Nevis to attend the three-day eighth Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies (CCAICACB) from May 23 to 25.

(Trinidad Express) A squabble  between siblings of the Fernandes family over the recent sale of the Trinidad Country Club (TCC) in Maraval to the United States Embassy at a cost of TT$316 million has found its way before the court.

HAVANA/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Biden administration officials are considering inviting a Cuban representative to the U.S.-hosted

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said yesterday that there is no risk of October election results being challenged, despite concerted efforts by President Jair Bolsonaro to raise questions about the integrity of the country’s voting systems.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli were sentenced to three-year prison terms yesterday in a U.S.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice-president Jorge Glas, who served 4-1/2 years in prison on a bribery conviction before being released last month, was arrested on Friday by police under a court order to return him to jail.

 (Barbados Nation) After 128 years of offering educational services in Barbados, the Ursuline Convent School will be closing in August 2023.

(Trinidad Express) A teenager was fatally shot outside his home on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration yesterday accused Cuba of fueling controversy over its possible exclusion from the U.S.-hosted

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his government was “not interested” in attending the U.S.-hosted

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso will attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month, he said yesterday during a visit to the South American country by U.S.

(Reuters) – Brazil’s democracy and independence of its judiciary are under threat from the government of president Jair Bolsonaro as it prepares for elections in October, a group of lawyers and legal experts said yesterday in a petition to the United Nations.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A group of Brazilians seeking to sue petrochemicals giant Braskem SA BRKM5.SA

(Trinidad Express) Kwasi Matthew has been charged with the April murders of three Diego Martin residents.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba´s vice foreign minister denounced the Biden administration’s partial rollback of Trump-era restrictions on remittances and travel to the island, calling U.S.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said yesterday the country hopes to receive a response from the United States later in the day or by Thursday regarding Mexico’s proposal for all countries in the region to attend the Summit of the Americas.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a local contractor against a Guyanese client over GYD$70.3 million (TT$2.28 million) in fees from a contract.

CARACAS/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the country’s opposition were expected to announce a resumption of talks as Washington eases some sanctions to help smooth the way for the negotiations, according to U.S.