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Violence Erupts in Martinique…Police Injured in Gun Battle

FORT de FRANCE – Ten police officers were injured and several journalists shot at as protests sparked by Covid-19 vaccine measures spread across Martinique.

This follows more than a week of unrest on the nearby French island of Guadeloupe.

According to police reports, five officers were injured during a gun battle in Martinique and five others were injured when objects were thrown at them during operations.

Concerning the journalists – four were shot at by men on a motorbike as they worked Fort-de-France but none were injured.

A French government spokesman Gabriel Attal the unrest is “totally unacceptable” and promised that the rioters will be “dealt with”.

The protests on Guadeloupe were started by hardline opponents of compulsory vaccination for health workers and fire fighters on the island – a measure already implemented in mainland France.

The protests, which saw barricades set up on roads, have since morphed into a larger movement to express frustration at alleged neglect of the islands by the authorities in Paris.

The unrest is taking place as vaccination rates in the territories trail those on the mainland.

Strict night curfews were recently announced in both Martinique and Guadeloupe.

The leaders of the protest movement on Guadeloupe have asked for obligatory vaccinations to be dropped on the island – but this has been ruled out by the French government.

In an effort to address the situation, hundreds of police reinforcements have also been sent to the islands. (CMC)

 

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Mexico-Turkey: Deadly Clashes as Protesters Demand End to Violence Against Women

Riot police in Turkey and Mexico have fired tear gas and smoke bombs at protesters calling for an end to violence against women.

In the Mexican city of Guaymas, three people were shot dead in an apparent attack on the city’s female mayor.

And in the Turkish city of Istanbul, clashes broke out with security forces.

There were also large rallies in Barcelona, Paris and London to mark the international day for the elimination of gender-based attacks.

Mexican media say the incident in Guaymas saw armed attackers storm the city’s municipal palace, shooting dead a female protester and two men – a government worker and a bodyguard for Mayor Karla Córdova, who was in the palace at the time.

Eyewitnesses told local journalists that they heard something like a grenade exploding at the door of the building, before gunshots rang out.

The identity of the attackers and their motives remain unknown.

There was another rally in Mexico City, where crowds chanted “not one (woman) less” as they demanded an end to femicide – the intentional murder of women because of their gender.

“We are always protesting and it shouldn’t have to be this way, violence needs to end at some point,” protester Laura Valle told Reuters news agency. “We notice the authorities are not acting on it, for example, when we report it [violence],” she added.

Police fired smoke bombs at a small group of hammer-wielding protesters who tried to grab their shields.

At least 10 women and girls are killed every day in the Latin American country, according to Amnesty International.

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Protesters in Mexico City

“Femicide Mexico! They’re killing us!” one woman reportedly shouted during a tussle with police.

Some hooded demonstrators threw bottles, stones and flares at police, local media reported. Seventeen people, including 10 female police officers, were injured during the march, according to police.

Protesters condemn Turkish withdrawal from treaty

The demonstration in Istanbul’s Taksim Square came just months after Turkey withdrew from an international treaty aimed at protecting women.

Police scuffled with protesters as they urged them to disperse from the area.

Many demonstrators were pictured holding banners while others called for the government to resign over its withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in June.

Some in the party of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had argued that the agreement was inconsistent with Turkey’s conservative values. Mr Erdogan said Turkey would use local laws to protect women.

“Women are being killed,” one protester told Reuters. “They are being publicly murdered. As of June, we have started to move away from the guarantees that protect us.

“We do not and will not accept this and we will keep fighting”.

According to rights groups in Turkey, 345 women have been killed so far this year.

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Prince Charles Travels to Barbados for the New Republic’s Birth

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BRIDGETOWN, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles flew to Barbados as the Caribbean nation prepared for a celebration on Monday marking the founding of a republic and the removal of the queen as sovereign, cutting imperial ties some 400 years after English ships first arrived.

Barbados won independence from Britain in 1966 but has retained Queen Elizabeth as its official sovereign. She will be replaced with a Barbadian president in an inauguration ceremony to be held when the country celebrates independence on Tuesday.

Shedding the final vestiges of a colonial system that once spanned the globe will not have a direct impact on Barbados’ economy or trade relations.

Prince Charles will deliver a speech just after midnight on Tuesday, saying that much of the relationship between the two nations will remain the same, including “the myriad connections between the people of our countries – through which flow admiration and affection, co-operation and opportunity.”

Buckingham Palace says the issue is a matter for the people of Barbados to decide.

Detail including the royal crest of Britain's Queen Elizabeth is seen on a flag held by a member of the Barbados military during a Guard of Honour as Britain's Prince Charles arrives at Grantley Adams Airport to take part in events to mark the Caribbean island's transition to a birth of a new republic, Bridgetown, Barbados, November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Britain's Prince Charles stands with Barbados' President-elect Sandra Mason during a Guard of Honour and playing of national anthems, as he arrives at Grantley Adams Airport, to take park in events to mark the Caribbean island's transition to a birth of a new republic, Bridgetown, Barbados, November 28, 2021. / REUTERS/Toby Melville

It will mark the first time in three decades that the queen is removed as head of state. Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean, proclaimed itself a republic in 1992.

The celebration will begin late on Monday and extend into Tuesday, when Sandra Mason will be inaugurated as the country’s first president to serve as a largely symbolic figure behind Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

Mason currently holds the position of Governor-General, the queen’s representative in Barbados.

The shift may spur discussion of similar proposals in other former British colonies that have Queen Elizabeth as their sovereign, which include Jamaica, Australia and Canada.

Mottley in a speech on Saturday said foundation of the republic marks a step forward for Barbados, but added that citizens must confront challenges such as inequality and climate change with the same fervor with which they sought independence in the 20th century.

“As we move to become a parliamentary republic after 396 years of British monarchical rule … I ask us to recognize that the challenges may have changed, but they are as daunting as they ever were,” said Mottley at the inauguration of a park that honors Barbadian independence activists.

Writing by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by David Gregorio

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WORLD VIEW: Omicron Variant Spreads, Worldwide Inflation Bites, Leftist Woman Elected Pres. of Honduras, More

Nov. 29, 2021

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  • Portuguese health authorities have identified 13 cases of omicron, the new coronavirus variant believed to be more contagious, among team members of a professional soccer club.
  • The discovery comes as an increasing number of countries are tightening their borders because of the variant.
  • The AP explains what we know and don’t know so far about omicron.
  • Rising consumer prices fueled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide.
  • Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to to take up an abortion fight in which both sides say there is no middle ground — that justices can either reaffirm the constitutional right to an abortion or wipe it away altogether.
  • The World Health Organization criticizes travel bans on southern African countries
  • Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41
  • Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hondurans will choose a successor to deeply unpopular President Juan Orlando Hernández on Sunday in elections that could oust his National Party after 12 years in power. …Read More

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Trailblazing star David Dalaithngu dies after battle with lung cancer

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who is deceased.

David Dalaithngu, a "once-in-a-generation" artist who became an Australian film icon over a decades-long career, has died.

The passing of the Yolŋu actor, dancer, singer and painter, who starred in dozens of films, including his renowned debut Walkabout, Storm Boy and Ten Canoes, was confirmed last night by the South Australian Premier's office.

Dalaithngu was born in 1953 and raised in Arnhem Land, where he learned the traditional skills and knowledge of the Mandhalpingu clan of the Yolŋu people.

Some of those, such as traditional dancing, he would later take to the screen and the world.

He was just 16 when British film director Nicholas Roeg cast him in Walkabout after seeing him perform, according to his biography on the National Portrait Gallery website.

"His haunting, moving performance was equal parts devastating as it was electric," Mr Marshall said, before noting that it was Storm Boy that truly made him a star.

Dalaithngu was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987, recognised for his services to the arts.

He received a NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, recognition of his "outstanding contribution to the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally and internationally".

"His breakthrough performance in Walkabout remains one of the most iconic and compelling performances of all time," the committee noted.

The Indigenous actor was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017, and had not been expected to survive until the premiere of his last film, My Name is Gulpilil, let alone attend the premiere, Mr Marshall said.

"Yet it was no surprise to anyone that he was front and centre on opening night, where he would receive his final standing ovation," the premier said of the Member of the Order of Australia.

"He was a man who loved his land and his culture, and he was a man who took it to the world.

"My thoughts are with his family, and his dear friend and carer Mary Hood."

Mr Marshall described Dalaithngu as an "iconic, once-in-a-generation artist who shaped the history of Australian film and Aboriginal representation on screen".

"An actor, dancer, singer and painter, he was also one of the greatest artists Australia has ever seen," the premier said.

But the famed life of the famed actor, who would eventually move to the SA town of Murray Bridge, was "not without its struggles".

"He encountered racism and discrimination, and lived with the pressures of the divide between his traditional lifestyle and his public profile," Mr Marshall said.

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia describes Dalaithngu as a "screen legend", crediting him with changing the way the Australian screen represents Indigenous peoples and cultures.

"In Walkabout (1970), Dalaithngu embodied the stereotypical image of a 'traditional' Aborigine, untainted by western civilisation," Barnba woman Liz McNiven writes in an NFSA "portrait".

"Over the course of his career, he transformed this constructed identity into a more nuanced and accurate representation of Aboriginality."

The Dalaithngu family had advised his name and image may continue to be used following his passing, in line with his wishes.

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Queensland family returns from picnic to find snake in their car

A Queensland family has been shocked to find a large carpet python curled on the rear-view mirror of their car.

The family had been visiting Mango Hill in Queensland's Moreton Bay region when they returned from a picnic to discover the serpent.

They called snake catcher Josh Castle, who deployed someone to safely remove the intruder from the "distressed" family's vehicle.

Mr Castle said the snake crept into the car via cracks in the windows, left open by the family to keep their car cool.

"Snakes love squeezing into tight areas, including under car bonnets, under decks etc," Mr Castle said.

He added the wet weather may have caused the carpet python to seek shelter.

"The weather can definitely play a big part. Flooding will make snakes seek higher ground.

"Only piece of advice I can give is wind the window up."

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Nevis Junior Gender Affairs Minister’s Address on Elimination of Violence Against Women

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Gender Affairs on Nevis on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women observed on November 25, 2021.

November 25th is recognised as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and December 10th is recognized as International Human Rights Day. Across the entire globe, the period that spans these two days of special observance are uniquely set aside as the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. This year, 2021 is the 30th anniversary of this global observance.

The 16 Days from the 25th of November to December 10th are earmarked to emphasise our collective efforts to end violence in our homes, schools, workplaces, communities and nation. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Orange the World: End Violence Against Women Now!” This theme carries with it the force of finality, not eventuality but enough is enough, and the impetuous of immediacy. We must, as a community, take action now!

This is, of course, gravely important as according to the United Nations, “Globally, an estimated 736million women – almost one in three – have been subjected to intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their lifetime.”

One exacerbating factor of gender-based violence is the dreaded plague of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and extended curfews have left victims stranded with their abusers. An increase in unemployment has amplified economic dependence leaving victims reliant on their abusers. This has been evident, even here, in our country, where cases of domestic violence went from a total of 87 in 2019 to a distressing 357 in 2020, when the pandemic reached our shores.

We are still not safe from the lingering effects of COVID-19, as in just the first three quarters of 2021 our Federation has recorded 443 domestic violence cases.

We must all awake and collectively move to end gender-based violence now! As former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon puts it: “There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.”

Let me make an appeal to our friends, brothers and sisters who are currently suffering abuse. You are not alone. The entire Department of Gender Affairs located on Government Road, opposite the hospital in the GMBC Building is dedicated to serving you and walking with you through this struggle. You can call for help at 469-5521, extension 6750 or 662-5492.

For those who are fortunate enough not to be personally affected by the verbal onslaught and vicious blows of gender-based violence, we cannot sit idly by. No longer can we say it is his business but not mine. No longer can we use our phones to record incidences of violence rather than for reaching the police. No longer can we laugh rather than lend a helping hand for violence will not end on its own; it must be stamped out from the heart of our society.

It is Dr. Martin Luther King who reminds us of the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe but it doesn’t solve the problems.

As we endeavour to build a nation of solutions, the Department of Gender Affairs has, throughout this year undertaken training empowerment programmes such as fish pot making, plumbing, fruit carving and business training sessions, all in an effort to make our people more economically independent and less susceptible to the lures of abusive predators.

During the 16 Days of Activism, we hosted the Better Relations Seminar on November 25th to give men and women the opportunity to come together, ventilate issues and discuss possible solutions. We will work with partners such as the Federal Ministry of Gender Affairs and non-governmental organisations to engage the public through televised panel discussions and on-the-street interviews to give greater awareness to the serious and often hidden issue of intimate partner violence.

Importantly, we invite the public to join us for the Official Federal Launch of this year’s campaign against Gender-Based Violence which will take place on Friday, November 26th at 4 p.m. on the Villa Grounds in Charlestown. We must join our voices to say “No to violence!”

Friday, December 10th will be Orange Day, another opportunity for the general public to join the cause. We invite all to show support for victims and to send a clear message to perpetrators by colouring Nevis orange.

In the words of Nelson Mandela, “Great anger and violence can never build a nation.” As we work hand-in-hand to build our country, we must equip our men and women with the requisite skills, education, and values so that they would choose to stamp out violence rather than create it.

Join us as we embrace the theme of this year’s campaign and End Violence Against Men and Women!

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PM Harris Holds Successful One-on-One Consultations

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — One of the last activities in the month-long celebrations by Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, to mark the 28th anniversary of his election as a parliamentarian, was a well-attended one-on-consultation session held on Saturday, November 27.

“Today we had a very good and productive event to wit, our one-on-one consultation,” said Dr Harris who was first elected as the Area Parliamentary Representative for St. Christopher Seven (Bellevue to Ottley’s) on November 29, 1993. “This consultation was intended to be part of the commemorative events to mark my 28th anniversary as a member of parliament, and we did have a huge turnout today and the persons really have come from beyond the constituency.”

The consultations were held at the Edgar T. Morris Primary School in Tabernacle Village, where participants waited under a huge tent erected on the school’s grounds, and they met with their Area Parliamentary Representative/Prime Minister in one of the classrooms where each was allowed a five-minute session.

To save on time, some of the attendees chose to come in twos, and others in threes, and all had the opportunity to let off what was on their mind in terms of their needs when they came face-to-face with Dr Harris, who is known to be a keen listener. He has in the past stated that he is always happy to facilitate as many of them as possible and where need be, he refers them to the appropriate departments of Government.

While these particular consultations were meant for his constituents, as a way of saying ‘thank you’ to them for having given him the opportunity to represent them as a parliamentarian, there were more persons from outside the constituency. Indeed, the first person to see him was from Constituency Number One, East Basseterre.

“I am happy that we were able to facilitate many of them, and at the same time strike the balance to ensure that the constituents, for whom these one-on-one consultations are primarily geared, had an opportunity to meet with me,” pointed out Dr Harris.

No one is ever turned back, including those who do not get to see him, as was the case on Saturday where even after the 5 ½ hours marathon session he was still not able to meet with all of them, but at the end of it no one felt ignored.

“Because of the huge turnout, we have had to put on another one which will happen in the course of the week and certainly not later than Saturday of the week coming, barring any unforeseen events,” stated the Honourable Prime Minister. “So, from the vantage point of the turnout, I would say there have been an outstanding success and it shows that people want to have these kinds of private, more intimate dialogue.”

In thanking all who turned out, Prime Minister Harris observed that some of the matters brought forward were wide-ranging issues from housing to jobs, to issues with respect to their community, to ongoing work relationship, to matters related to the Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP).

“I shall continue doing what I am doing on behalf of the people,” reaffirmed Dr Harris, who added: “Indeed it is to continue to deliver, and one of the reasons for the consultations is that by hearing, listening and taking heed of the advice, the suggestions, the concerns, hopefully and most definitively I should be in a better position to deliver – to deliver more to their satisfaction, and to deliver in accordance with their felt needs as they have expressed it, and as I have understood it.”

Activities on the calendar of activities to mark the 28th anniversary of Prime Minister Harris’ election to parliament continue on Sunday morning November 28 with a morning worship service at the House of Deliverance New Testament Church of God in Tabernacle with Pastor Octavia Charles-Warner.

That will be followed by a luncheon to the hosted on the grounds of the Edgar T. Morris Primary School, as a way of giving back to the constituents for the faith and confidence they would have reposed in him over the last 28 years.

“This closure – one-on-one consultation – has helped tremendously in helping me to understand what needs to be done in the name of the people,” said the Honourable Prime Minister in conclusion. “Hearing it from them, hearing their concerns, and their passion has been a powerful motivator for me to stay on target and to stay focused.”

 

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Election: Honduras On Track for 1st Woman President

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday’s Honduran presidential election, with early results giving her a commanding lead and putting her on track to become the first female leader of the Central American country.

With 40% of votes counted, Castro, the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya, had 53.5%, while Nasry Asfura, candidate of the ruling National Party had 34%, preliminary results from the national electoral council showed.

Castro, 62, was competing in a field of more than a dozen candidates, and supporters hailed a triumph that would end a dozen years of conservative rule and return the left to power for the first time since Zelaya was deposed in a 2009 coup.

In a brief victory address, Castro vowed to form a government of “reconciliation,” and to strengthen direct democracy with referendums – a tool that Mexico’s leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has repeatedly employed.

“There will be no more abuse of power in this country,” said Castro, dressed in a red jacket and flanked by the 2017 presidential runner-up, popular TV host Salvador Nasralla, who joined her slate as a candidate for vice president.

Results appeared to be heading to a far clearer result than in the previous election, when irregularities in the vote count sparked deadly protests and led to incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez controversially securing a second term.

After polls closed, National Party officials quickly claimed victory after what the electoral council described as an historic turnout. Still, Asfura himself earlier pledged to honor voters’ verdict when casting his ballot.

Castro, the opinion polls leader since tying up with Nasralla in October, sought to unify opposition to Hernandez, who has denied accusations of having ties to powerful gangs, despite an open investigation in the United States linking him to alleged drug trafficking.

“We can’t stay home. This is our moment. This is the moment to kick out the dictatorship,” Castro said just after voting in the town of Catacamas, mobbed by reporters.

She urged voters to report any problems they saw and said international observers would help to ensure a fair vote.

Asfura, a wealthy businessman and two-term mayor of the capital, had tried in the campaign to distance himself from Hernandez and the controversies engulfing him. read more

FLASHPOINT

The election is the latest political flashpoint in Central America, a major source of U.S.-bound migrants fleeing chronic unemployment and gang violence. Honduras is among the world’s most violent countries, although homicide rates have eased.

Central America is also key transit point for drug trafficking, and where concerns have also grown over increasingly authoritarian governments.

The vote prompted diplomatic jostling between Beijing and Washington after Castro said she would open diplomatic relations with China, de-emphasizing ties with U.S.-backed Taiwan.

Some voters consulted by Reuters expressed dissatisfaction with their choices. But many others had clear favorites.

“I’m against all the corruption, poverty and drug-trafficking,” said Jose Gonzalez, 27, a mechanic who said he was voting for Castro.

‘THIS IS HONDURAS’

Hernandez’s disputed 2017 re-election, and its ugly aftermath, loomed large. Widespread reports of irregularities provoked protests claiming the lives of over two dozen people, but he rode out the fraud claims and calls for a re-vote.

Alexa Sanchez, a 22-year-old medical student, lounged on a bench just after voting while listening to music on her headphones and said she reluctantly voted for Castro.

“Honestly, it’s not like there were such good options,” she said, adding she was highly skeptical of clean vote.

“I don’t think so,” she said. “This is Honduras.”

National and international election observers monitored voting, including the European Union’s 68-member mission.

Zeljana Zovko, the chief EU observer, told reporters around midday that her team mostly saw calm voting with high turnout, although most polling stations they visited opened late.

“The campaign has been very hard,” said Julieta Castellanos, a sociologist and former dean of Honduras’ National Autonomous University, noting that Castro has “generated big expectations.”

Castellanos said post-election violence is possible if the race ended up close, if a large number of complaints were lodged and gave rise to suspicions of wide-scale fraud.

Alongside the presidency, voters are also deciding the composition of the country’s 128-member Congress, plus officials for some 300 local governments.

In Tegucigalpa’s working-class Kennedy neighborhood, 56-year-old accountant Jose, who declined to give his surname, said he would stick with the ruling party.

“I have hope Tito Asfura can change everything,” he said, using the mayor’s nickname.

“Look, here the corruption is in all the governments.”

Reporting by David Alire Garcia and Gustavo Palencia; Writing by Dave Graham; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Stephen Coates

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