By CMC News The Grenada government says it is partnering with Canada to further advance its transformational agenda. The Ministry of Mobilization Implementation and Transformation (MIT) will be the focal point to coordinate the Canada-CARICOM Expert Deployment Mechanism (CCEDM) technical assistance initiative implemented by the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO). A government statement said the […]

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Pictures and videos shared on social media show the bodies of mutilated victims strewn outside their homes and fires burning through the night Port Au Prince AP- More than 12 people were slain and numerous homes set on fire in a community near Haiti’s capital as gangs fight to control more territory, a mayor told […]

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By Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto)   Throughout the world, people and their governments […]

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LIMA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress approved on Thursday a motion initiated by opposition lawmakers to start impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Castillo, the third formal attempt to oust the leftist leader since he took office last year. With 73 votes in favor, 32 against and six abstentions, Congress approved the process and summoned […]

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MEXICO CITY, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Mexico will raise the minimum wage by 20% next year after employers, labor representatives and the government reached an agreement, officials said on Thursday, although some critics warned the move could fuel inflation. The standard minimum wage will rise to around 207 pesos ($10.82) a day from 172.87 pesos […]

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By Dave Sherwood and David Shepardson HAVANA/WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Cuba´s Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio on Thursday accused long-time rival the United States of doublespeak after the Biden administration proposed to scrap a plan to install a new undersea telecommunications cable to Cuba. The administration of U.S. president Joe Biden said […]

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CARACAS, Dec 1 (Reuters) – After years of struggle, veteran bakeries in Venezuela’s capital Caracas are cooking up a variety of delectables, in the latest sign that the country’s slight economic boost is reviving some family-owned small businesses. Numerous old-style bakeries and dessert shops in Venezuela’s main cities that struggled two years ago to produce […]

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By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The United Nations will seek $1.72 billion for 2023 to aid Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, member agencies said on Thursday. Some 7 million people have fled economic and political crisis in Venezuela in recent years, and most are now scattered […]

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TAPAIRIHUA, Peru, Dec 1 (Reuters) – In the hills of Tapairihua in Peru’s Andes, Samuel Retamozo and other artisanal miners have found a rich seam of copper on their indigenous community’s land. Armed with temporary government permits, they started exploiting it earlier this year. There’s just one problem – the seam is within the site […]

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  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 1, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives is committed to joining other countries in the CARICOM region as they undertake to reduce the region’s extremely large food imports by 25% in 2025. This will be achieved by ensuring sustainable agriculture where among others, […]

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