US military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. military said today it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. military said today it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s attorney general yesterday announced the arrest of a regional campaign leader for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, citing alleged conspiracy, among other crimes.
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Kenyan President William Ruto about the Haiti crisis and the two men underscored their commitment to a multinational security mission to restore order, the State Department said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The highly anticipated annual Tobago Jazz Experience will not be making a return in 2024, as the Tobago House of Assembly has decided to scrap it due to its “unsustainability”.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez was found guilty yesterday of drug trafficking conspiracy by a U.S.
(Reuters) – A U.S. court found the former premier of the British Virgin Islands guilty on charges of drug trafficking, according to court documents published yesterday, a month after the original verdict following an unusual delay in which two jurors voiced doubts.
(Trinidad Express) When her killer ended 79-year-old Viscella Richards’ life, Trinidad and Tobago lost an actor who decades ago had shone on international silver screens in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
(Trinidad Guardian) A legendary rock and nation-builder has passed on. Distinguished former diplomat and head of the public service, John Reginald Dumas, passed away last night (Thursday), after being hospitalised in recent weeks.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s government yesterday said it would extend a state of emergency around Port-au-Prince for another month as gang violence that has threatened to bring down the government and led thousands to flee their homes appeared to show no sign of abating.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday accused the Venezuelan government of failing to deliver on some of its key commitments that resulted in U.S.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s government today said it would extend a state of emergency in its Ouest Department, the seat of the capital Port-au-Prince, for another month after an escalation in violence from gangs seeking to oust the prime minister while he remains abroad.
(Trinidad Guardian) An autopsy is expected to be carried out today on the body of a Valsayn woman who was found dead in her home on Wednesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has written to broadcasters advising them to refrain from playing music with violent lyrics that can negatively impact young people and children.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it was calling on Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to expedite a political transition as armed gangs seek his ouster amid a collapse in security and a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said yesterday he had tendered his resignation after an audio recording came out over the weekend purporting to be of the official attempting to improperly influence government contracts.
(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly a month since the Gulfstream barge ran aground off the coast of Cove spewing bunker fuel, officials have announced that the leaking has stopped.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry landed in Puerto Rico yesterday, as questions as to why he had not returned to his country swirled amid escalating gang violence that has threatened to topple his government and left thousands homeless.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez yesterday took the witness stand at his U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold its presidential election on July 28, the head of the national electoral council said yesterday, though uncertainty remains over who will be the opposition coalition’s candidate with President Nicolas Maduro expected to seek another term.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The former heads of Brazil’s Army and Air Force have confirmed to federal police that ex-President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a draft decree to prevent the handover of power after the 2022 election, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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