Venezuela resorts to dark fleet to supply oil to ally Cuba
HOUSTON, June 25 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba,…
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Grenada: Higher penalties for visitors who fail to declare firearm
Grenada’s Parliament has given the green light to legislation amending the existing fines and imprisonment for visitors who fail to declare a firearm to a…
Police station comes under gunfire in Belize
Police say they are seeking several suspects and are investigating a possible motive after gun shots were fired at the Roaring Creek police station, a…
UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help…
Strong earthquake near Venezuela’s coast rocks southern Caribbean
Several islands in the southern Caribbean were rattled by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which struck east northeast of Venezuela’s coast in the Caribbean Sea just…
CXC pulls back on syllabus discontinuation for technical subjects
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) is back-peddling and basically rescinding its correspondence to ministries of education and principals that some technical and vocational subjects were…
Barbados wants more frequent SIDS reviews
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says the current practice of international reviews of small island developing states (SIDS) every five to 10 years, “is inadequate”…
Interpol arrests fugitive Surinamese politician in Brazil
A Surinamese politician who is also a member of the ruling party , Joel “Bordo” Martinus, was arrested in Brazil on Wednesday. This was confirmed…
Haiti transition council taps former PM Conille to again lead country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 29 (Reuters) – Haiti’s transition council on Tuesday tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who briefly led the country over a decade ago,…
Climate lawsuits build as a Latin American court hears largest case ever
SAO PAULO, May 29 (Reuters) – Latin America’s human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that’s part of…