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This image provided by Indira Mulligan shows the extent of the flooding at Madras Road, St Helena.
This image provided by Indira Mulligan shows the extent of the flooding at Madras Road, St Helena.

Hell in St Helena from flood

(Trinidad Express) More than 24 hours after the passage of Tropical Storm Bret most of St Helena Village, located minutes away from the Piarco International Airport, remains under flood.

Alfredo Thorne
Alfredo Thorne

Peru Congress ousts finance minister in blow to president

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress dismissed the finance minister yesterday  following revelations that he asked the comptroller to green light a controversial project, a fresh blow to centrist President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and his efforts to jumpstart the faltering economy.

Brazil bans tear gas exports to Venezuela due to violence -sources

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has halted exports of tear gas for use in Venezuela due to violent repression of protests there, two sources familiar with the decision said on Monday, a move that added to the diplomatic isolation of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro.

Over 60 bullets fired at Chinese duo

(Trinidad Guardian) – Speculation that a Chinese mafia operating in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) ordered the hit on the lives on Chinese nationals Shirui Zhao and Yangli Gu is one of the theories being investigated by police.

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