(Trinidad Express) The 53 criminal matters that former Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar left undone so she could accept an appointment as a High Court judge, must all be restarted.
(Trinidad Guardian) Ravi Anthony was shot twice and one of his arms and legs were chopped off by his killers, who then tried to set his body afire before dumping it in a forested area in Sister’s Road, his autopsy has found.
(Trinidad Express) The Prime Minister has made good on his promise and disclosed the details of his trip to Chile on Sunday.
(Jamaica Observer) The long-running case against Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill collapsed on Wednesday in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston due to the unwillingness of witnesses to testify.
(Trinidad Guardian) Ravi Anthony was shot twice and one of his arms and legs were chopped off by his killers, who then tried to set his body afire before dumping it in a forested area in Sister’s Road, his autopsy has found.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Protesters demanding the resignation of Brazilian President Michel Temer staged running battles with police and set fire to a ministry building in Brasilia yesterday, prompting the scandal-hit leader to order the army onto the streets.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Deepening her split with unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s government, Venezuela’s chief prosecutor yesterday accused security officers of excessive force and condemned the use of military tribunals to judge protesters.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The eagerly anticipated results of an autopsy of former Haitian President Rene Preval showed the leader died last month after a heart irregularity cut off his ability to breathe, officials said yesterday.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Lenin Moreno was sworn in as Ecuador’s president yesterday following a tight electoral race that the former vice president won on promises of maintaining the social programs of his leftist predecessor, Rafael Correa.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular President Nicolas Maduro yesterday vowed to push ahead with a new congress to rewrite the constitution, despite dissent within his own ranks and major protests in the OPEC nation convulsed by nearly two months of unrest.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday announced a new foreign exchange auction mechanism to complement its currency control system, the fifth such plan in four years by a socialist government that has repeatedly balked at reforming its state-led economic system.
(Trinidad Guardian) The body of the murder victim dumped at one of the country’s tourist attractions on Saturday has been identified as Guyanese national Conrad Gittens.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The operators of the Hampden Estate have announced a deal with a United States-based entity to inject some US$38 million or J$4.9 billion to transform the Long Pond sugar factory into a co-generation facility.
CARACAS/PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor has panned unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to create a grassroots congress, deepening a rare public split among the ruling Socialists as two months of massive protests show no sign of abating.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow more than 50,000 victims of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake to remain in the United States with work authorizations until January 2018, department officials told reporters yesterday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro excoriated opposition protesters yesterday for setting a man on fire during a demonstration, accusing them of targeting him for being pro-government.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A broad left-right alliance of Honduran opposition groups picked a prominent television show host as presidential candidate yesterday, creating a new hurdle for President Juan Orlando Hernandez as he seeks to retain power in a November election.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Demonstrators gathered across Brazil yesterday to call for the resignation or ouster of President Michel Temer who is implicated in a widening corruption scandal that is undermining his government’s fragile efforts to end a historic recession.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer’s refusal to resign in the face of a Supreme Court investigation raises the prospect of a drawn-out fight for survival by an unpopular leader that would stall reforms, deter investors and leave Latin America’s largest economy adrift.
LOS TEQUES, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Like many Portuguese immigrants to Venezuela after World War Two, Manuel Fernandes spent a lifetime building a small business: his bread and cake shop in a highland town.
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