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Costa Rica’s Alvarado Says Cyber​​ Attacks Seek to Destabilize Country as Government Transitions

By Alvaro Murillo   SAN JOSE, April 21 (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado said on Thursday that recent cyberattacks on state computer systems are aimed at destabilizing the Central American country as it transitions to the new government of president-elect Rodrigo Chaves. Six public institutions were hit by cyberattacks this week, officials said. […]

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Why Argentina is Embracing Cryptocurrency

By Christine Ro Buenos Aires BBC In Argentina, there are traces everywhere of distrust and even trauma related to the economy. For Jerónimo Ferrer, a formative memory is of Argentina’s crushing financial crisis at the end of the 1990 – when bank accounts were frozen and, almost overnight, people’s savings evaporated. He’s not alone. One […]

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Juan Orlando Hernández: Honduran Ex-Leader Extradited to US

A former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. Hernández, who governed the Central American nation until January, was put on board a US Drug Enforcement Administration plane for New York. He was arrested at his home just weeks after […]

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Nevis Premier Brantley Press Conference Set for April 28

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April 21, 2022) — Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis will host his monthly press conference on Thursday April 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) Cabinet Room on the 2nd Floor of the Social Security Building at Pinney’s Estate. During the press conference, Premier Brantley will provide […]

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Population and Housing Census 2021 Finally Underway

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — More than 80 enumerators began conducting the Population and Housing Census 2021 on Nevis on April 19, 2022, one month after the census with the “It’s Me, You, Us 2021 #BeCounted” was launched in St. Kitts and Nevis. Mrs. Dorriel Tross-Phillip, Director of the Department of Statistics in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) […]

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Covid Vax Worldwide, Longest Ever Covid Infection,World Covid Stats

Covid vaccines: How fast is progress around the world? By The Visual and Data Journalism Team BBC News Coronavirus pandemic Image source, Getty Images More than 11.2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered, in at least 197 countries worldwide. However, there are vast differences in the pace of progress in different parts of […]

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PM’s Letter to DPM Richards and Minister Brantley

Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris Prime Minister Harris Government Headquarters Church Street Basseterre, St. Kitts   April 20th, 2022 Hon, Shawn K. Richards, Deputy Prime Minister Leader of the People’s Action Movement Water Dept. Building Needsmust Estate Basseterre Hon Mark Brantley Minister of Foreign Affairs G0vernment of St. Kitts and Nevis Premier of Nevis and […]

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Letter to PM Harris from Mins. Richards and Brantley

Hon. Shawn K. Richards Deputy Prime Minister Leader of People’s Action Movement Water Dept. Building Needsmust Estate Basseterre Hon. Mark Brantley Minister of Foreign Affairs Government of St Kitts & Nevis Premier of Nevis & Leader of Concerned Citizens Movement Social Security Building Pinney’s Commercial Site, Nevis 16th April, 2022 Dr. The Honourable Timothy Harris […]

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The rejection of military aggression – a CARICOM achievement

By Sir Ronald Sanders  (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organisation of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)    CARICOM states led the way in the Organization […]

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PM calls for respecting mourning period

Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Timothy Harris has called for the respecting of the period of mourning declared by Governor-General Sir Tapley Seaton in observance of the passing of former Primer of Nevis Vance Amory. Dr Harris in a national address Thursday called for the reflection “respectfully on the life and work […]

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