By Robert A. Emmanuel A&B Observer The 14 surviving West Africans from the March 28 boat disaster will likely be returned into the community as the government makes plans to receive them from the St Kitts authorities. Following the capsize of Guadeloupe-registered La Belle Michelle, which saw three people confirmed dead and 13 more presumed […]
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BLUMENAU, Brazil (AFP)— The families of four children killed at a Brazilian preschool held emotional funerals for them Thursday, a day after an attacker murdered them with a hatchet in a crime that has shocked the nation. Brazil is still reeling from Wednesday’s attack, in which authorities say a 25-year-old man with a history of […]
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, April 6 (Reuters) – U.S. venture capitalist Stacey Brandhorst has traveled Latin America giving advice to fledgling entrepreneurs. But communist-run Cuba, she says, is a tough nut to crack. “Being an entrepreneur is one thing, but (being one) in Cuba is entirely another,” she recently told a group of around 50 […]
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By Ricardo Brito April 6 (Reuters) – Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking billions in damages over an alleged price-fixing scheme that ran between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters. Federal Prosecutor Karen Kahn said the Sao Paulo Court of Justice will hear claims […]
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LIMA, April 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. court rejected an appeal by former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo to stall his extradition over corruption charges, making it likely that he will be the third former leader to be held in a purpose-built jail in Lima. Peru’s Justice Minister Jose Tello said on Wednesday night that a […]
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By Michael Holden LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) – King Charles has given his support to research that will examine the British monarchy’s links to slavery, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, after a newspaper report said a document showed a historical connection with a transatlantic slave trader. The Guardian said an archive document discovered by historian […]
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By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR, April 6 (Reuters) – U.S. agents arrested a retired Salvadoran military officer this week on charges of participating in a brutal massacre of civilians during El Salvador’s grinding civil war in the 1980s, according to a statement on Thursday. Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Roberto Garay […]
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Image source, ProfepaImage caption, A coyote was among the animals seized at the property By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Officials raiding a property near the Mexican capital have seized 25 exotic animals, including lions, pumas and a Bengal tiger. They had been alerted to “suspicious activity” at the ranch in Huixquilucan, west of Mexico City. […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April 06, 2023) — The people of Nevis continue to receive donations from the Nevisian Association of Washington DC (NEVDC). The most recent presented on April 06, 2023, comprised of medical equipment and supplies. The gift was handed over by the association’s representative Mr. Levi Maynard to Hon. Jahnel Nisbett, Minister of […]
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By CMC News Caribbean American legislators on Friday said “no one is above the law” as they commented on the decision by a New York grand jury to indict former United States President, Donald J. Trump, for his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels that […]
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