Regional News

HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. farmers, on a trade tour in Cuba, said on Wednesday they would like to sell more wheat and other farm products to the impoverished Caribbean island as a global food crisis looms, but that Cold War-era restrictions continue to hamper new deals.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that Mexico does not accept the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a video message released to coincide with a global event in support of Ukrainian victims of the conflict.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – A Honduran judge yesterday signed off on the extradition of former police chief Juan Carlos Bonilla to the United States, where he is wanted for drug trafficking and use or possession of firearms.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday confirmed a ruling ordering Peru not to release jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who was on the verge of leaving prison last month after a presidential pardon was reinstated.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The head of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Mauricio Claver-Carone, yesterday said he was the target of an “anonymous political media campaign” after Reuters reported the bank’s directors were looking into an accusation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.

(Reuters) – More than a third of all homes and businesses in Puerto Rico remained without power yesterday, the second day of a massive outage on the Caribbean island that may have been caused by a fire at a power plant.

(Reuters) – More than a third of all homes and businesses in Puerto Rico remained without power today, the second day of a massive outage on the Caribbean island that may have been caused by a fire at a power plant.

(Trinidad Express) Assault by beating, verbal abuse, malicious damage and breach of protection orders are the most common offences associated with domestic violence, and have increased by over 30 per cent in some cases.

(Trinidad Guardian) Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales says the report into the February 16 islandwide blackout will not lead to any punitive action being taken against anyone.

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Inter-American Develop-ment Bank directors have met to discuss accusations in an anonymous email that the bank’s president, Mauricio Claver-Carone, carried out an intimate relationship with a staffer, three sources said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean countries yesterday came in for high commendation from the US South Command for condemning the Russian aggression in Ukraine.

(Trinidad Guardian) Driven by a desire to protect 15-year-old Alliyah Alexander from going down the wrong path, a close male relative whose corporal punishment led to her death is now in police custody.

(Trinidad Guardian) A former national footballer was one of the two suspects killed by police in a robbery at Boundary Road in San Juan yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) It’s a lie. That was Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley response to claims from Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar that Government was spying on people in all walks of life, including politicians, its own members, the media, members of the business community, trade unionists and members of the judiciary, businesspersons, and journalists.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Violence against the press in Mexico rose to unprecedented levels in the first half of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration, up 85% from the first half of his predecessor’s term, according to a report published yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cuba is struggling to cover a fuel deficit as imports from Venezuela and other countries remain below historical levels and global prices boosted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine make purchases almost unaffordable, according to analysts and data.

(Trinidad Express) A 15-year-old school girl died at the Couva District Health Facility yesterday afternoon, after she was allegedly beaten by a male relative.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo yesterday afternoon lifted a curfew order following widespread defiance on the streets, as protests spiraled against rising fuel and fertilizer prices triggered by the Ukraine conflict.

(Jamaica Observer) A diplomatic chess game, which started two years ago to oust Baroness Patricia Scotland as Commonwealth secretary general, is now playing out in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) following Jamaica’s decision to nominate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith for the post.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief executive officer of Prestige Holding Simon Hardy has admitted the company “got it wrong” when it decided to charge KFC customers for condiments.