By Curtis Williams PORT OF SPAIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago plans an auction this quarter of up to 20 offshore natural gas exploration blocks under new fiscal terms designed to increase the pool of potential bidders, people familiar with the matter said. The Caribbean nation has been working to stem a decline […]
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By Jasper Ward Jan 16 (Reuters) – The Bahamas detained an increasing number of sea-borne Cuban migrants in 2022 compared with 2021, according to figures released to Reuters, as an economic crisis triggered an exodus from the Communist-run island. The Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) apprehended 623 Cuban migrants in 2022 compared with 17 the […]
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Marcela Ayres Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as security forces operate, outside Brazil?s National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) – With a Brazil flag draped around his neck and his feet propped […]
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Image source, Reuters By Will Grant Mexico and Central America Correspondent BBC Mexico has brought into force one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places. The step, which was first approved in 2021, also includes a ban on tobacco advertising. Several other Latin American countries have […]
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People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other precautions are still effective A billboard promotes Covid-19 vaccinations in Times Square in New York last month. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Melody Schreiber Guardian In the fourth year of […]
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Hello! Italy arrests a top mafia boss who had been on the run for 30 years, household wealth optimism collapses across the globe, and Republicans want visitor logs for Biden’s home – but not Trump’s by Linda Noakes World News Emergency personnel work at the site where an apartment block was heavily damaged […]
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By DANICA COTO AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two suspected drug traffickers were killed early Sunday in a shootout with federal agents off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast, officials said. The incident occurred shortly after midnight, when authorities detected a suspicious boat at sea and a chase ensued, Jeffrey Quiñones, spokesman for U.S. Customs […]
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By Santana Salmon A shipment of cocaine valued at more than J$7 billion (US$50 million) was seized in Kingston on Saturday during a multi-agency operation at the Port of Kingston, in what’s believed to be one of the largest drug busts in Jamaica’s history According to a report from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), during […]
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By CMC News The Suriname government is holding an emergency meeting on Saturday with security officials after an attempt had been made Friday night to bomb the courthouse in the capital. The authorities said persons threw explosives at the building and gunshots were also fired at the building. They said the explosives did not explode […]
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by Christopher Serju/ – Senior Gleaner Writer Gleaner- Prime Minister Andrew Holness has pointed to the success achieved in crime-fighting in El Salvador as what can be achieved in curbing gang violence, if the right approach is used. He was speaking at last Thursday’s national security seminar under the theme ‘Defending and Securing Jamaica’s Development: […]
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