By Esther Alaejos Presna Latina San Juan, Jan 31 (EFE).- Hedwige Brenord, a 51-year-old Haitian-born woman, lost her niece, Rose F. Moreau, when the makeshift vessel carrying her capsized while she was attempting a perilous migrant voyage to Puerto Rico. Her voice faltered as she remembered her 28-year-old relative, recalling that she “fled with her […]
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By Steven Grattan Demonstrators march toward the Congress during a protest against what demonstrators allege is corruption in the government, in Guatemala City, Guatemala August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Sandra Sebastian SAO PAULO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Guatemala, Nicaragua and Cuba reached all-time lows on Transparency International’s corruption index released on Tuesday due to increased organized crime […]
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Jan 31 (Reuters) – Peru’s police said on Tuesday it had dispersed protesters who were approaching Jorge Chavez International Airport near the capital city of Lima, as protests in the capital spark fear of new flight suspensions. On its Twitter account, the Peruvian National Police said it had dispersed protesters, while Lima Airport Partners, […]
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By Anthony Boadle A village of indigenous Yanomami is seen during Brazil’s environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in Roraima state, Brazil April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo BRASILIA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Brazil is preparing a task force of armed forces, police […]
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By Kayla Epstein BBC News, New York Before he arrived at a city-run shelter in Manhattan, Wilson, a 23-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker, crossed through multiple Central American countries, over the US-Mexico border, up the eastern seaboard and, finally, to New York City. Now, he will likely have to move again. Wilson and dozens of other […]
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By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News Prosecutors in Suriname have asked the High Court of Justice to uphold a 20-year jail sentence given to former President Desi Bouterse. The 74-year-old was convicted in 2019 of ordering the extrajudicial execution of 15 political opponents four decades ago. Bouterse has since been appealing against this ruling and cannot […]
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BBC- Three Haitian Americans and a Colombian have been charged in the US over the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. Seven people in total have now been charged in the US. His death in his private residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, plunged the country, already suffering from rising violence and an […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 31, 2023) — An officer of the Department of Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is urging members of the public to help select deserving women on the island for the department’s public recognition of their achievements. Mr. Mario Phillip, Gender Officer at the department noted that the […]
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A portrait of the founder of Leeds’ West Indian Carnival is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at Harewood House. The photograph of Arthur France will be the first of a person of Afro-Caribbean heritage in the mansion’s art collection. Harewood House, near Leeds, was built using wealth generated by the Lascelles family’s West Indian […]
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Hello The Memphis fire department fires three employees in the Tyre Nichols case, Gautam Adani rides out the storm as investors rally behind his share sale, and Australia is still searching for a lost radioactive capsule by Linda Noakes World News An aerial view shows damaged buildings in Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this screen […]
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