Former colonies condemn ‘retrograde’ proposal that UK override local democracy to tackle corruption Weeks after a UK report said the territory was riddled with corruption, the BVI premier was arrested in the US on drug-smuggling charges. Photograph: Gabriella N Baez/Reuters Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Guardian Seven Caribbean states have condemned as “retrograde” the potential imposition […]

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BRASILIA, May 3 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has withdrawn an invitation for the European Union to send observers for the October election after President Jair Bolsonaro’s government objected, the EU and the election body confirmed on Tuesday. The TSE, Brazil’s top election authority, told Reuters last month that it had invited the […]

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MEXICO CITY, May 3 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have cleared a makeshift encampment of migrants in the northern border city of Reynosa that had grown over the past year to hold some 2,000 people, Mexico’s migration institute (INM) said on Tuesday. Many of the migrants, who are mainly from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti, […]

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By Elida Moreno 1/3 Panama’s Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes speaks next to Belice’s Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell during a news conference after they attended a meeting with foreign ministers from Central America and the Caribbean, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine, […]

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The family of a Paraguayan politician who was kidnapped by left-wing rebels in September 2020 have demanded that more be done to free him. Óscar Denis, who served as vice-president from 2012 to 2013, has spent 600 days in captivity. His daughter Beatriz said they had been “600 days of anguish” for his family. Mr […]

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One of the leaders of Haiti’s most powerful gang, 400 Mawozo, has been extradited to the US for smuggling weapons and kidnapping US citizens. Germine Joly, known as Yonyon, was taken on an FBI plane to Washington on Tuesday, Haitian authorities said. He had been in jail in Haiti for several years before his extradition. […]

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  White House’s Paxlovid push hits hurdles by Joseph Choi# The Hill The Biden administration has gone all in on the COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid, announcing new measures to make the oral treatment more widely available and making it clear that Vice President Harris used it as she recovered from the coronavirus. The White House has […]

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Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Timothy Harris has revealed some measures to help the people of the federation deal with the increasing “inflationary pressures” set to be implemented immediately. Dr Harris on Monday said the Government approved amending the price build-up for gasoline so the increase in prices at the pump would […]

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By Sheri-Kae McLeod The Jamaican government spent a total of $8 million to host the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate Middleton, who came to the island on an official three-day visit in March. The information was released by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) following an Access to Information request. According […]

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