Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay have officially submitted their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup – 100 years after the inaugural tournament was held in Montevideo. The four South American nations have called for the World Cup to return to “where football was born”. They will compete with a joint bid from Spain […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A candidate for mayor in Ecuador, who was murdered just hours before polls opened, has won the election in the city of Puerto López. Omar Menéndez, 41, was shot dead by gunmen who burst into the room where he was with campaign workers on Saturday. A teenager was also killed […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Online Latin America editor Mexico is sending some of its famous search and rescue dogs to Turkey to help look for people buried under rubble following Monday’s earthquake. A plane with 16 dogs on board took off from Mexico City earlier on Tuesday. Mexico, which is prone to earthquakes, has […]
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By Mehmet Caliskan, Huseyin Hayatsever, Ece Toksabay KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Families in southern Turkey and Syria spent a second night in the freezing cold on Wednesday as overwhelmed rescuers raced to pull people from the rubble two days after a massive earthquake that killed more than 11,000 people. In Turkey, dozens of bodies, some covered in blankets and […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 07, 2023) — The Ministry of Tourism in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) publicly mourns the loss of well-known Nevisian farmer/ entrepreneur Mr. Mervin “Mansa” Tyson. In a statement published on its Facebook page on February 04, 2023, the ministry acknowledged the late Mansa was one of Nevis’ famed and respected […]
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Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that…Read More Biden aims to deliver reassurance in State of Union address WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden […]
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by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The St Kitts and Nevis Government has imposed an amnesty period for immigrants to update their residential status. All individuals who need to update their documents are encouraged to go to the Ministry of National Security, to ensure that matters are examined and resolved. Prime Minister Drew […]
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By CMC News Haitian authorities are offering ten million Gourdes (One Gourde=US$0.006 cents) for information leading to the capture of Vitel “Homme” Innocent, the leader of the “Kraze Baryè” gang blamed for a number of killing and kidnappings in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The announcement came as the National Police of Haiti (PNH) launched […]
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More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic. Bats worldwide are primary vectors for virus transmission from animals to humans. Those viruses often are harmless to bats but can be deadly to […]
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by Oxford University Press A new paper in Ornithological Applications reviews multiple ways in which the field of ornithology systemically excludes researchers and research from Latin America and the Caribbean, despite this region harboring the most bird species on Earth. The paper, signed by 124 ornithologists (including professional scientists, naturalists, park rangers, and technicians) from […]
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