By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s former soccer federation president whose lifetime ban from the sport over sexual abuse allegations was overturned last month announced Wednesday that he is reclaiming his position. Yves Jean-Bart’s defiant announcement could lead to a standoff with FIFA, which already has appointed an emergency […]
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By Robert A. Emmanuel Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, said chairing the OAS’s working group on Haiti would require his full attention, as he explained his decision to withdraw from the group. Sir Ronald, who was selected to initially serve on a 14-member working group to […]
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By Gavin Maguire Reuters Aerial view of the northern border state of Sonora where state electric utility CFE is building the largest solar plant in all of Latin America, in Puerto Penasco, Sonora state, Mexico February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/Pool LITTLETON, Colorado, March 2 (Reuters) – Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have the […]
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March 1 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said. Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing
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A person holds a test tube labelled “Bird Flu”, in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration BUENOS AIRES, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Argentina has confirmed its first case of bird flu in industrial poultry, its agriculture secretary said on Tuesday, causing it to suspend avian product exports and raising fears the disease could […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A Bolivian man has described how he managed to survive for 31 days in the Amazon jungle after he got lost. Jhonattan Acosta, 30, got separated from his four friends while out hunting in northern Bolivia. He says he drank rainwater collected in his shoes and ate worms and insects […]
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Image source, AFPImage caption, A woman buys water at a shop in the dark in Buenos Aires By Will Grant & Alys Davies BBC News, Mexico and London Power has largely been restored in Argentina after more than half of the country was left without electricity for several hours. More than 20 million people in […]
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By Stephanie Busari, Nimi Princewill, Bethlehem Feleke, Larry Madowo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Lagos, Nigeria CNN — A Nigerian opposition party has said it will launch a legal challenge after Bola Ahmed Tinubu was on Wednesday declared the winner of Nigeria’s controversial presidential elections. Tinubu, 70, represents the ruling All Progressives Congress party, which received […]
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Joint ILO-UNICEF report Multiple crises set to plunge more children into poverty creating an urgent need to scale-up social protection, new joint ILO-UNICEF report warns GENEVA / NEW YORK (ILO News) – The number of children without access to social protection is increasing year-on-year, leaving them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, according […]
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by Marlon Madden (Barbados Today) President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Hyginus Gene Leon has put forward a “two-stage process” for building out an effective air and sea transportation system in the region. He proposes that “as an immediate solution” to the region’s transportation woes, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders should come together to […]
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