By Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Mexico’s overwhelmed asylum agency is strengthening efforts to weed out high numbers of applicants who “abuse” the system while passing through Mexico to reach the United States, Mexico’s top asylum official said on Monday. Mexico has the world’s third highest […]
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Reuters Police officers carry flag-draped coffins during a ceremony to honor their seven fellow troopers gunned down during an ambush last Saturday, in Lima, Peru February 13, 2023. Peru Presidency/Handout via REUTERS LIMA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte pledged a crackdown on “narcoterrorism” on Monday, speaking at the funeral of seven […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Gang members in Haiti have kidnapped three worshippers as they left a church in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after attending Sunday Mass. Local media say the kidnappers are demanding high sums of money as ransom. Kidnappings for ransom have skyrocketed in Haiti in recent years and clergy and places of worship […]
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By Henriette Chacar and Ali Kucukgocmen Summary Death toll 31,643 in Turkey, more than 5,700 in Syria At least eight people reported rescued on Monday Rescue phase ‘coming to a close’, says U.N. in Syria Syria’s Assad agrees to more border crossings for aid KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Rescuers worked through the night to […]
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By CMC News The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued an alert, urging countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to update their response plans to prevent the re-establishment of endemic transmission of the measles virus. This follows a reduction in childhood vaccination coverage, increasing the possibility for outbreaks of the disease. “Vaccination and […]
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St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Park Hyatt St. Kitts has won the Best Caribbean Fine-Dining honors for their restaurant, Stone Barn, at the 2022 World Culinary Awards. The St. Kitts Tourism Authority extended congratulations to the hotel on their social media. Lucas Curcio Perez – Executive Chef of Stone Barn at the Park Hyatt […]
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Top Caribbean leaders are expected to debate Haiti’s spiraling chaos and its impact on the region during a biannual meeting this week, with some complaining bitterly about a constant stream of migrants arriving on their shores as they flee poverty and worsening violence. The three-day meeeaftting of the Caribbean trade block […]
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot of relations between the hemisphere’s two largest democracies after the end of Donald Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro’s stormy rule. During the visit, Washington said it would work to […]
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(Reuters) – Seven police officers were killed after being ambushed in an area of central Peru known for its cocaine production, the National Police said Saturday. The attack took place in the town of Natividad, in the remote Andean and jungle region known as the VRAEM, or Valle de los Rios Apurimac, Ene y Mantaro, […]
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