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Frontier Airlines Name New Jetliner After Puerto Rican Frog

Denver-based Frontier Airlines debuted its newest aircraft to join its fleet on Tuesday. During a celebration at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the ultra-low-cost carrier unveiled the Airbus A321neo plane, featuring an animal native to the Caribbean island. Frontier has a tradition of featuring different animals on every tail […]

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Guyana Leads Caricom Countries in Economic Growth for 2023

WASHINGTON, (CMC) – Guyana is expected to record the highest growth among Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries this year, while Haiti will record under one per cent growth in 2023, according to the latest World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday. According to the IMF, Guyana, which is now recognised as […]

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Chile Approves Bill Cutting Work Week to 40 Hours from 45

SANTIAGO, April 11 (Reuters) – Chile’s Congress on Tuesday passed a hard-fought bill to gradually cut the work week to 40 hours from 45 hours, a legislative victory for President Gabriel Boric amid faltering popularity. Boric, who took office last year pledging an ambitious agenda of social and economic reforms, has suffered several setbacks, including […]

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US, Panama, Colombia Agree Plan to Curb Migration Through Darien Gap

PANAMA CITY, April 11 (Reuters) – The United States, Panama and Colombia will launch a two-month campaign to tackle undocumented immigration through the jungle region separating Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap, their governments said on Tuesday following high-level talks. The campaign aims to end the illicit movement of people and goods through […]

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Brazil’s Lula Puts Ukraine Peace On His Agenda in China

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, April 11 (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva departed Brazil on Tuesday for an official visit to China, where he aims to convince President Xi Jinping to form a group of nations to mediate an end to Russia’s war with Ukraine. Lula’s visit, postponed from March for health reasons, […]

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What Next for Bolsonaro? Not the Presidency

By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brit BRASILIA, April 11 (Reuters) – Former President Jair Bolsonaro promises to be many things in the coming years: a leader of Brazil’s political opposition, a thorn in the side of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and a kingmaker in right-wing politics. But a presidential candidate? Not even […]

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Missing Key to Cell Sealed Fate of Migrants in Mexico Fire, President Says

  MEXICO CITY, April 11 (Reuters) – The 40 migrants who died in a fire at a detention center in Mexico last month were unable to escape because the person with the key to their locked cell was absent, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday. Mexican authorities have said the blaze began […]

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Cuba Lifts US Dollar Cash Deposit Ban At Its Banks

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Banks in Cuba will again accept cash deposits in US dollars after a ban prohibiting the practice was surprisingly lifted on Monday. Cubans had been unable to deposit dollars in cash into their accounts at banks and other financial institutions for almost two years. The Cuban government brought in the […]

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Taiwan’s Resident Ambassador to SKN Commends NIA for Promoting STEM

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS  — The Republic of China (Taiwan) Resident Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency Michael Lin is commending the efforts of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) for promoting its hands-on learning in the area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The ambassador praised the NIA with that move which could […]

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WORLD VIEW: Black Tennessee Lawmaker Reinstated, Rus Claims Ties with UAE, US Covid National Emergency Ends, More

The AP Wire Advancing the Power of Facts Black lawmaker who was expelled reinstated to Tennessee seat One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House has been reinstated. Nashville’s governing council voted Monday to send Justin Jones straight back to the Legislature. Read More. Leaked US intel: […]

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