MEXICO CITY, April 5 (Reuters) – Leaders of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed to work to outline measures seeking to tame inflation in the region, including better conditions for trade, according to a statement published by Mexico’s presidential office Wednesday. Agreements reached include the creation of a working group of government representatives aimed […]

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OTTAWA, April 5 (Reuters) – Canada’s federal government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised C$23.34 billion ($17.35 billion) agreement to compensate First Nations children and families for the decades of harm caused by a discriminatory welfare system. The terms of the deal, announced by the Canadian government in a statement on […]

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  BRASILIA, April 5 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police headquarters on Wednesday to testify in an investigation into jewelry and gifts given in 2021 to the then-president and his wife by the king of Saudi Arabia. Police closed the street outside the building. One of the jewelry sets […]

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By Nelson Acosta HAVANA/HOUSTON, April 5 (Reuters) – Lines for fuel in Cuba´s capital Havana snaked for blocks on Wednesday as frustrated citizens waited for hours, and in some cases days, to fill their tanks, the latest chapter in a growing economic crisis that is rattling the Caribbean island nation. Public transportation, tourists and taxi […]

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By Antoinette Radford BBC News While Donald Trump is the first former US president to be charged with a criminal offence, elsewhere many other ex-leaders have found themselves in the dock. And as some of these cases show, prosecution for alleged crimes has not proved to be a barrier to getting back into power. So […]

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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News At least four young children have been killed by a man wielding a hatchet in a kindergarten in the city of Blumenau in southern Brazil, local officials say. Another four children were injured by the 25-year-old man who entered the creche at around 09:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Wednesday. […]

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by Laura Kelly House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday said his meeting with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen provided “greater peace and stability for the world,” even as China has lodged objections and warned of escalating tensions in the Taiwan Strait. McCarthy spoke to reporters following a meeting with Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential […]

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by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Caribbean Community and Africa Export-Import Bank (Agreement for the Establishment of a Partnership) Bill, 2023 will establish an international partnership and prescribe the guiding framework of engagement between “the African Export-Import Bank and the “Member States of the Caribbean Community, St. Kitts and Nevis included. Through […]

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By Travis Cartwright-Carroll LinkedIn Share via Email Three United States (US) congressmen have asked the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a review into the illegal trafficking of firearms from the US to the Caribbean. Congressmen Joaquin Castro, Richard Durbin and Gregory Meeks said they have seen “high levels of gun violence and trafficking […]

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Today’s Top News Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in court for an arraignment on charges stemming from his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury, April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic case. But any potential trial could be more than a […]

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