By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR, March 14 (Reuters) – Nearly 70% of Salvadorans favor popular President Nayib Bukele’s bid for a second term, a local newspaper poll showed on Tuesday, despite an explicit constitutional prohibition against serving consecutive terms. In September, Bukele announced he would run for reelection, defying the Central American country’s constitution’s longstanding […]

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MEXICO CITY, March 14 (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican officials on Tuesday said 13,000 Mexican migrant workers are owed a total of $6.5 million in unpaid wages from U.S. workplaces, and will work to help beneficiaries now living in Mexico claim their pay from U.S. labor authorities. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said the […]

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By Joel Guinto BBC News Taiwan is in danger of losing one of its few formal allies, Honduras, as the Central American nation seeks official relations with China. Honduran President Xiomara Castro said the pivot aims to expand foreign engagements. Taiwan promptly cautioned Honduras against falling into China’s “trap”. China has long tried to isolate […]

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By Laura Gozzi BBC News Argentina’s inflation rate has soared past 100% for the first time since the end of hyperinflation in the early 90s. Inflation hit 102.5% in February, the country’s statistics agency said, meaning the price of many consumer goods has more than doubled since 2022. Argentina has been in economic difficulty for […]

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By JANIE HARtoday SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by […]

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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — As the Department of Agriculture continues to prepare for the upcoming premier of Agri-Expo, on March 30 to 31, 2023, Mr. Collin Huggins of Bath Village, who is involved in both fishing and farming has been selected to be the patron of the event, for what the department says is his […]

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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Residents are complaining about burning eyes and breathing problems. Dead fish have washed up on beaches. A beachside festival has been canceled, even though it wasn’t scheduled for another month. Florida’s southwest coast experienced a flare-up of the toxic red tide algae this week, setting off concerns that it could continue […]

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(VI Consortium) Elections are officially around the corner for the British Virgin Islands, following the dissolution of parliament at the end of Friday’s sitting of the House of Assembly. A proclamation published in the territory’s Gazette on Saturday reads in part, “Now Therefore, I John Rankin CMG, Governor of the Virgin Islands, by virtue and […]

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By CMC News Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday praised his Antigua and Barbuda counterpart, Gaston Browne, for his efforts in keeping the inter-regional airline, LIAT, in the skies, but acknowledged the need for governments to invest in inter-regional travel. “I recognized as Prime Minister of the country the important and unprecedented role that LIAT […]

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NBC Miami- Sidney Holmes, a 57-year-old man who was sentenced to 400 years in prison in a 1988 armed robbery in Broward is expected to be set free on Monday after more than 34 years behind bars. He is to be released from prison following a request from the Broward State Attorney’s Office Conviction Review […]

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