UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the United Nations yesterday in a rare one-on-one meeting between the former Cold War foes as they work toward improving relations after decades of animosity.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Greenpeace called on Brazilian authorities yesterday to reject an environmental assessment for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in the Amazon because it was a “marketing tool” that disregarded the indigenous people living along its banks.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The justice accord signed at peace talks between Marxist FARC rebels and the Colombian government does not address possible prison time for those who confess crimes committed during the country’s 51-year war, the rebel group said yesterday, contradicting government statements on the issue.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States can normalize ties only after Washington ends its trade embargo and returns the Guantanamo US naval base to Cuban control, President Raul Castro told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday.
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro will let over 1,500 deported Colombians return to Venezuela and legalize their status, regional bloc UNASUR said yesterday, in a further easing of tensions between the two South American neighbours.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – It remains undecided whether leaders of Colombia’s Marxist FARC guerrillas sentenced for human rights violations under the country’s new justice accord with the rebels would be allowed to someday enter politics, the head of Bogota’s negotiating team said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) In what has been described as gross disrespect to the dead, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi was served an election petition while attending the funeral service of PNM stalwart Errol Mahabir on Friday.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Cuba’s President Raul Castro, speaking at the United Nations for the first time, yesterday hailed renewed diplomatic ties with the United States as “major progress” but slammed a US trade embargo as the top obstacle to Cuba’s economic development.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police yesterday arrested a 30-year-old Tunapuna businessman they believe can assist them in their investigation into what they have described as a human trafficking ring.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Hugh Howard, attorney-at-law and former executive at Shell and Trintoc, believes the discovery of large oil reserves in Guyana earlier this year could be a positive development for T&T’s industry.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Northern Division police believe they may have uncovered a human trafficking ring after raiding an illegal brothel in Tacarigua on Wednesday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hugh Howard, attorney-at-law and former executive at Shell and Trintoc, believes the discovery of large oil reserves in Guyana earlier this year could be a positive development for T&T’s industry.
(Trinidad Guardian) Northern Division police believe they may have uncovered a human trafficking ring after raiding an illegal brothel in Tacarigua on Wednesday night.
BOGOTA/HAVANA (Reuters) – A breakthrough in talks between Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas has raised hopes for a peace deal within six months and it may mean rebel leaders will avoid being extradited to face drug trafficking charges in the United States.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Wednesday to move part of the country’s largest-ever corruption probe to another judge, challenging the notion that all pieces of a case that initially focused on state-run oil firm Petrobras are legally linked.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress early yesterday upheld key presidential vetoes to avert a surge in public expenditure and postponed a decision on a possible salary increase for judiciary employees, in a rare victory for an embattled government struggling to rebalance its fiscal accounts.
(Trinidad Guardian) Up to 11.30 am yesterday, 321 murders were committed for the year thus far, compared to 302 for the corresponding period last year.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Cuba yesterday to announce a breakthrough in peace talks including a provision on what punishment Marxist FARC rebels should face for their role in Latin America’s longest war.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress early yesterday upheld key presidential vetoes to avert a surge in public expenditure and postponed a decision on a possible salary increase for judiciary employees, in a rare victory for an embattled government struggling to rebalance its fiscal accounts.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Jamaican Embassy in Venezuela is seeking to strengthen business ties between the island and the South American country.
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