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Husband and Wife Killed During Robbery in Guyana

By CMC News Guyana police are investigating the double murder of a 67-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife, whose bodies were found at their Black Bush Polder, Corentyne home on Tuesday. Police said the bodies of the couple, who operated a small shop, were found with multiple injuries. The husband, Subnauth Budraj was found with […]

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SKN’s Ministry of Health Calls for Blood Donors

by Eulana Weekes St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Ministry of Health and the Executive Management Committee at the Joseph N. France General Hospital are encouraging members of the public to donate blood to the Blood Bank. A written statement from the Ministry of Health issued on Monday, January 16, confirmed the authority’s decision, which […]

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Haiti: Passport Prices Double Over New US Immigration Options

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The price of a Haitian passport has doubled in the 10 days since the United States opened applications for its parole process to Haitians. Applicants and passport business owners say prices have jumped from about 15,000 gourdes to 30,000 gourdes, about  $100 to $200. “Right now, it’s really difficult to buy passport stamps […]

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Peru’s Boluarte Appeals for Calm as Lima Braces for More Unrest

With Peru’s capital bracing for two days of anti-government protests starting Wednesday, President Dina Boluarte called on the demonstrators flooding into Lima to gather “peacefully and calmly” – even as they demand her resignation. The South American country has been rocked by over five weeks of deadly protests since the ouster and arrest of her […]

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10 Dismembered Bodies Found Buried in Central Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities said Tuesday that they had unearthed 10 dismembered bodies from under the floor of an events hall in central Mexico. The grisly discovery was made in the town of Tenango del Valle, just west of Mexico City, after an investigation into the activities of nine men believed to belong to […]

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Brazil’s Lula Removes Soldiers from Guarding Presidential Residence

Army officers stand guard outside the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo BRASILIA, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has removed 40 troops guarding the presidential residence after expressing distrust in the military for failing to act against demonstrators that ransacked government buildings on Jan. […]

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U.S. Prosecutors Will Not Seek Death Penalty Against Accused Texas Walmart Killer

By Sharon Bernstein Jan 17 (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 23 people and injuring dozens more in a hate crime targeting people of Mexican descent at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, a court document filed on Tuesday showed. Prosecutors say […]

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Nearly 250,000 Migrants Crossed Treacherous Darien in 2022

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama in 2022 on their way north, a figure that was nearly double the number from a year earlier, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. At least 36 migrants died during the journey, but the United Nations’ migration agency […]

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Brazil: Dozens Indicted Over January 8 Riot

Image source, Getty Images= Hundreds of people were arrested over the violence, which saw government buildings and police come under attack By James FitzGerald BBC News Brazil’s attorney general has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in the storming of the Senate building on 8 January. The riot saw thousands of […]

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‘Tax Us Now’: Ultra-Rich Call on Governments To Introduce Wealth Taxes

Disney heiress and actor Mark Ruffalo among ‘patriotic millionaires’ who addressed world’s elite at Davos Abigail Disney was part of a group of 205 millionaires and billionaires from 13 countries to sign the letter. Photograph: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent GUARDIAN   More than 200 members of the super-rich elite are calling on governments […]

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