March 8, 2014
Rio rubbish collectors continue strike despite union deal
Rubbish is still piling up in Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian city's street cleaners continue a strike, despite an announced agreement with the union. Hundreds of refuse workers protested at the mayor's office on Friday demanding better pay and…
March 8, 2014
Visa waiver for Jamaicans travelling to Bermuda
The Jamaica government Friday announced that nationals travelling to the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda for vacation or to conduct business would no longer require a visa. But Foreign Affairs Minister AJ Nicholson told the Senate that for…
March 1, 2014
CARICOM and Canada Assist Suriname to Incorporate Regional Integration and the CSME into School Curricula
Approximately four hundred teachers in Suriname will be trained on the operations of the Caribbean Community and CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The sessions begin on Monday 3 March, 2014 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Paramaribo and will…
March 1, 2014
Venezuela on the brink
The sound of banging pots began well before dawn. Out on the streets of Caracas on February 24, the barricades were going up across the south and east of the Venezuelan capital. Tree trunks, blocks of concrete, burning tires and smoldering trash…
March 1, 2014
3.6-magnitude quake felt in northeast region
A 3.6-magnitude quake was felt Friday night at 9:14 PM local time in the northeast region, about 19 kilometers west-southwest of Sabana de La Mar, and 70 kilometers northeast of Santo Domingo, at a depth of 22 kilometers. According to the United…
February 28, 2014
Cuban 5 Spy Released from US Prison
A second member of the so-called "Cuban Five" spy ring was released from a United States prison after being jailed for more than 15 years. Officials say 50-year-old Fernando Gonzalez completed his sentence Thursday at a prison in Safford, Arizona.…
February 28, 2014
Holiday May Take Heat Out of Venezuela Crisis
Venezuelans began a week-long national holiday on Thursday as some protests still simmer, but President Nicolas Maduro's government is hoping the break will take the heat out of the nation's worst unrest in a decade. The 51-year-old successor to…
February 28, 2014
Top Castro Aide Turned Dissident Huber Matos Dies at 95
Huber Matos, a top Cuban revolutionary who was sent to prison for 20 years for turning against Fidel Castro, died Thursday in Miami. His family says Matos suffered a heart attack. He was 95. Matos was a teacher and farmer when he joined the…
February 28, 2014
Mexican President ‘Indignant’ at US Deportations
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said he is “indignant” at the United States' deportation of Mexican migrants and described U.S. lawmakers as demonstrating a “lack of conscience” in failing to pass immigration reform. In a television interview…
February 28, 2014
No endemic transmission of measles in the Caribbean since 2002 – PAHO
The Pan-American Health Organization ((PAHO) says there has been no endemic transmission of measles in the Americas, including the Caribbean, since 2002. PAHO said since Venezuela reported the last case in 2001, measles deaths have “disappeared from…