Regional News

(Trinidad Express) A mother of two who lived in fear for months after several attempts were made on her life, and who pleaded with police for protection, was shot dead in San Fernando yesterday morning.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – A representative of Brazil’s Yanomami people said he met Pope Francis today to ask him to support Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s efforts to save his indigenous people.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on Sunday dismissed his minister of environment and natural resources, fewer than 100 days into his term, to “avoid any doubt” over the integrity of his government, a statement said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Eleven days after real estate businessman and tutor Linwald Beharry went missing, his body was found in Cachipe Village, Moruga, on Friday night.

(Trinidad Express) Two bystanders were injured yesterday afternoon during a deadly reprisal attack near the Besson Street Police Sta­tion, in East Port of Spain, following a murder in Beetham Gardens.

(Trinidad Express) A 456-page report has been produced by Senior Counsel Kerwyn Garcia and attorney Vishma Jaisingh, as the independent investigation into conglomerate Massy Holdings Ltd has been completed.

(Trinidad Express) A bystander was accidentally shot by a police officer attempting to defend himself in Port of Spain after he was robbed on Thursday evening.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 71-year-old employee of bauxite company Jamalco was shot and killed and a female teacher injured following an attack at a bar in Western Park, May Pen in Clarendon on Friday night.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government will allow six aides of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado who are currently at the Argentine embassy in Caracas to travel safely to Argentina, a government source said on Friday.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Dina Boluarte met with state prosecutors for nearly five hours on Friday, answering questions about alleged illicit enrichment involving the origin of expensive jewelry, including various Rolex watches and a Cartier bracelet.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has granted political asylum to former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas, the foreign ministry said on Friday, a day after Ecuador’s government made Mexico’s ambassador persona non grata amid growing tensions between the two countries.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – The families of Surinamese activists slain for their opposition to the government in the 1980s say decades of suffering and sluggish legal proceedings have been prolonged by the apparent inability of authorities to locate the man at the center of it all: former President Desi Bouterse.

Cut all colonial ties, including use of the Privy Council as this country’s final court of appeal.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress on Thursday voted twice against formally debating the launch of a process to impeach under-fire President Dina Boluarte, who is facing a probe into her possession of expensive jewelry, including luxury Rolex watches.

(Trinidad Express) A mother has been arrested after being identified from a video posted on social media showing her verbally and physically abuse two young children.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil’s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those living closer to illegal gold mining sites presenting higher levels of contamination, a study released yesterday found.

(Reuters) – Diplomats at a regional Americas body yesterday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with a transitional council, a move which could trigger the long-awaited deployment of an international security force.

(Reuters) – The son of a Dominican lawmaker was fatally shot at a gas station in Houston, Texas, according to police, who said yesterday they were searching for four men wanted for what they called a targeted killing.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Oil major Shell SHEL.L is seeking a long-term license from the U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – More than 53,000 people fled Haiti’s capital in just three weeks of March as conflict between powerful armed gangs wreaked havoc for civilians, with the state largely absent and a path out of the chaos yet to be established by politicians.