By Devonne Cornelius St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): “I don’t have a timeline. The people will be asked this question, and I think the people will provide, and so I cannot give that timeline,” says Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew in response to a question about his administration’s plans to remove the British monarch […]
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Suriname’s indigenous community protest (Photo: CMC) By CMC News Members of Suriname’s indigenous community on Saturday protested against what they have called their marginalization, deprivation, and non-respect and recognition of their collective rights by the government and other parts of society. During a silent walk here, several hundred indigenous people from all tribes and from […]
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Welcome, it was a busy weekend of important elections around the world. Turkey faces a run-off after a stronger-than-expected showing by incumbent Tayyip Erdogan, Thailand votes for change from military rule, and India’s Congress Party has a big win in the Karnataka state election. Plus, read about Chile’s firefighting goats. Today’s Top News Supporters of […]
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left) with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres is now in the island on a two-day working visit for what Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described as important discussions. The UN secretary-general arrived in the island yesterday afternoon and leaves today. Holness and […]
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By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, May 14 (Reuters) – Independent lawmaker Virgilio Saquicela was re-elected president of Ecuador’s National Assembly on Sunday, supported by politicians who want an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso to advance to a vote for his possible removal. Saquicela, who took over as president of the National Assembly in May last […]
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MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Reuters) – A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour outside of the state capital Ciudad Victoria and then caught on fire, the Tamaulipas’ public […]
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By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington A 17-year-old migrant who arrived unaccompanied in the US from Honduras has died in government custody. The boy, who died at a shelter facility in Florida, was identified by the Honduran foreign affairs office as Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) acknowledged […]
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By Charis McGowan BBC Santiago, Chile To her friends and family in the Chilean capital of Santiago, 25-year old Silvana Garrido was a radiant, happy and beautiful woman full of life and love for her three-year-old daughter. They were immediately suspicious when they were told that she had died by suicide. “From the first instance, […]
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As Biden dithers: Generals warn that Beijing has built a SPACE STATION in Argentina that could blind US, signed 21 countries up to trade pact and bought key ports on Panama Canal Commanders in the Pentagon are worried about Beijing’s growing influence on Latin America and the Caribbean China has pumped tens of billions of […]
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By Julia Vargas Jones and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN CNN — Brazilian authorities have launched a federal investigation into soccer match-fixing, the country’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security announced in a statement on Wednesday. “The measure was taken this Wednesday after the disclosure that athletes from main division clubs of Brazilian soccer were suspected of […]
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