Guatemalan judge linked to graft case ascends to top court
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge accused of ties to an influence peddling scheme was sworn in to the country’s top court yesterday, just days before a visit by the U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge accused of ties to an influence peddling scheme was sworn in to the country’s top court yesterday, just days before a visit by the U.S.
(Jamaica Observer) A local corporate executive has blasted men who father multiple children and refuse to support them, describing them as “enemies of the State” who should be “locked up” or “compulsorily sterilised”.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday laid out a plan for the United States to share 25 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers were kept busy on both days hours before the start of the official 9 pm to 5 am curfew hours.
(Barbados Nation) Artiste Peter Ram has expressed his “sincere apology” for his participation in a freestyle Trojan Riddim Mix which he said was recorded a year-and-a-half ago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police officers were kept busy on both days hours before the start of the official 9 pm to 5 am curfew hours.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan police stormed into the home of opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro yesterday, escalating a political battle ahead of elections later this year in which longtime leftist President Daniel Ortega is seeking to hold on to power.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina will begin to produce the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine locally after test batches from the South American country passed quality tests conducted by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, health minister Carla Vizzotti said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Police Service (TTPS) lost another officer to COVID-19 on Monday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Tobago police have made some headway into solving the mystery surrounding the discovery of 14 human bodies and other human remains found on a fishing boat drifting four miles off Belle Garden last week.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Central American governments to do more to help contain illegal immigration and voiced concerns about the health of local democracy and human rights during a visit to the region yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) As the rain poured in the wee hours of Indian Arrival Day, a Cedros mother, in search of emergency care, had to deliver her baby in the front seat of her family’s car.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday issued a new license to Chevron Corp, giving it until Dec.
(Trinidad Express) A man with two names has been charged for the murder of Point Fortin businessman Evrol Dublin.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Hundreds of senior citizens and health workers stood in long lines on Monday to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as part of Venezuela’s inoculation campaign, which has been held up by payment problems and political disputes.
(Reuters) – Brazil registered 2,408 COVID-19 deaths yesterday and 78,926 additional cases, according to data released by the nation’s Health Ministry.
(Trinidad Express) In the space of one month, the families of 326 people were left in shock and heartbreak after losing their loved ones to the Covid-19 virus.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru yesterday almost tripled its official COVID-19 death toll to 180,764, following a government review, making it the country with the worst death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Leading Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara was discharged from hospital yesterday, four weeks after authorities ended his hunger and thirst strike and admitted the “artivist.”
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro promised a Yanomami community that he would respect their wishes to keep mining out of their reservation in the Amazon, though he said he would still seek access to other indigenous lands for commercial agriculture and mining.
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