By CMC News The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has taken a decision to extend the Easter vacation after indicating it had received correspondence from the union representing teachers of its intention to “engage in industrial action starting April 14, 2023”. “In light of this and because children cannot be left unsupervised or under-supervised, […]
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NORA GÁMEZ TORRES, JACQUELINE CHARLES A recent leak of U.S. classified intelligence reports appears to confirm what many Latin America and Caribbean watchers have warned about in recent years: Russia and China are trying to gain a foothold amid waning U.S. leadership. Screenshots of some of those documents obtained by the Miami Herald show that […]
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Morning Star- Three police officers were killed in an ambush near Haiti’s capital on Sunday in the latest attack by gangs on the island. The latest killings follow reports by authorities of nearly two dozen officers slain so far this year. The shootings occurred in Thomassin, a largely upper-class neighbourhood just south of the capital […]
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By Eduardo Campos Lima Crux SÃO PAULO – After 13 years of in Haiti, a Brazilian inter-congregational mission to a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince is about to be permanently closed due to the violence in the district. The Inter-congregational Missionary Community of Nazareth was founded by the National Conference of Bishops […]
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MEXICO CITY, April 10 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities announced Monday a working group will investigate the impact of genetically modified (GM) corn imports on the country’s tortillas, a national staple typically made from cornflour, amid a trade dispute with the United States. The United States has requested trade consultations with Mexico after its government moved […]
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – The United States plans to expand efforts to disrupt illicit financial activities by drug traffickers involved in the fentanyl trade by increasing the use of sanctions, the White House said on Tuesday. A White House fact sheet outlining its plans for a crackdown on fentanyl supply chains […]
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By Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba will hold another round of migration talks on Wednesday, officials said, as the Biden administration braces for the end of COVID-era border restrictions that have blocked Cubans in recent months from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. The high-level […]
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BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he would invite his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to Brazil, speaking on the eve of his departure the Asian country in a bid to tighten relations between the two countries. “I am going to invite Xi Jinping to come to […]
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MEXICO CITY, April 10 (Reuters) – Members of Mexico’s security cabinet will be in the United States this week to meet with U.S. officials about the trafficking of synthetic opioid fentanyl, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. The meeting’s agenda will include other topics, including arms trafficking, the president said, without providing details […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The pilot of a hot air balloon which burst into flames and crashed near the pyramids of Teotihuacán in Mexico on 1 April has been charged with homicide. Two of the passengers, a couple from Mexico, died in the crash and their teenage daughter was injured. Hot air balloon rides […]
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