By Shahid Meighan/Cronkite Borderlands Projec TAPACHULA, Mexico – The wide street leading to the Instituto Nacional de Migración is lined with bright and bold murals affirming the human rights of all people without regard to their country of origin. However, many of the hundreds of Black migrants from Africa and Haiti who daily wait outside […]
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By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR, July 27 (Reuters) – El Salvador will dedicate $560 million in funds to a surprise bond buyback plan, its finance minister said on Wednesday, as the impoverished country looks to ease worries about the state of its public finances. El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele announced the voluntary bond repurchase […]
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 27 (Reuters) – Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital. One video filmed downtown showed men running toward police with their hands in the air as gunshots rang out, in a new outbreak of violence following […]
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Nine years after footballer Neymar moved from Brazil to Barcelona, he faces trial for alleged irregularities surrounding the transfer. In a legal saga that has dragged on for years, the Brazilian international who now plays for Paris Saint-Germain is accused of fraud and corruption. The trial is due to take place for two weeks from […]
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A man who travelled to Britain in 1960 when he was three, as part of the Windrush generation, was “shamefully treated”, senior judges have said. Hubert Howard was born in Jamaica and died in Britain in 2019, aged 62. He experienced “serious problems” because he could not get formal documentation of his immigration status, Court […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A top Cuban athlete has defected while she was on her way back from the World Championships in Eugene, USA. Olympic bronze medal discus thrower Yaimé Pérez, 31, abandoned the Cuban delegation while on a stopover in Miami. Her defection comes just days after that of the 19-year-old javelin thrower, […]
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CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, July 26, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Premier of Nevis, who is also the Minister of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration, the Hon Mark Brantley, is praising the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited for the role it has played in the growth of the country’s financial services sector. The Nevis Co-operative Credit […]
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Jamaicans around the world are gearing up to celebrate the island’s 60th anniversary of independence on August 6, with year-long events in both Jamaica and Canada commemorating the occasion. The Jamaica 60 theme is “Reigniting a Nation For Greatness,” and Jamaica invites Jamaicans living in Canada and friends of Jamaica to “come home” to rediscover […]
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By Neil Jerome Morales and Adrian Portugal VIGAN, Philippines, July 27 (Reuters) – A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing at least five people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through the capital, Manila. At least 64 people were injured and 173 buildings damaged, officials said, many […]
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The inaugural Caribbean Culinary Week was officially opened at the Sofitel Brussels Europe last night by H.E. Ambassador Joy-Ann Skinner of Barbados, in the presence of H.E. Ambassador Edita Hrdá, Ambassador and permanent representative of the Czech Republic, presently presiding the Council of the European Union, CARIFORUM Ambassadors, Chargés d’Affaires and business representatives. The Caribbean […]
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