October 28, 2012
Peru clashes: Two more die in Lima market protests
Two more people have died in street battles between protesters and Peruvian police trying to close La Parada, a sprawling market in the capital Lima. Saturday's violence came after two people died in clashes on Thursday. More than 70 people have…
October 28, 2012
Storm threat to key US election week
Hurricane Sandy is swirling towards the US, forcing presidential candidates to adjust schedules and cancel events. President Barack Obama has held a conference call with emergency chiefs to discuss preparations for the storm, which could hit as…
October 28, 2012
National health insurance promised for Grenada
The Grenada government, which has announced 2013 as the scheduled start of several major initiatives – including the beginning of construction of a new parliament building – is promising to unveil another project next year. Senator Ann Peters, the…
October 27, 2012
US Secretary of State congratulates Dominica on its Independence
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes and congratulations to the people of Dominica as you celebrate 34 years of independence this November 3. The United States and Dominica remain…
October 27, 2012
Portia says Cabinet will discuss hurricane damage
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has ordered all government agencies to submit reports outlining areas in need of immediate attention following the passage of Hurricane Sandy that left at least two people dead. In national radio and television…
October 27, 2012
Brazilian student sells her virginity for $780,000 online
Catarina Migliorini, 20, was the subject of 15 bids, with a Japanese man named only as Natsu winning on Wednesday night, Australian media reported. They said Miss Migliorini would be "delivered" to her buyer on board a plane to Australia and that…
October 27, 2012
Hurricane Sandy kills 21
At least 21 were killed across the Caribbean after Hurricane Sandy lashed the Bahamas with heavy rains and high waves on its way to the US east coast as a powerful 'Frankenstorm' Forecasters warned that the massive hurricane could collide with a…
October 27, 2012
Panama debates land sale law repeal
Panama's National Assembly has taken the first step towards repealing a controversial law allowing the sale of land in Colon Free Zone, Latin America's biggest duty-free zone. The assembly debated the law on Friday and is expected to hold a final…
October 27, 2012
Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, ex-revolutionary and dissident, dies in Cuba
Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, a former Cuban revolutionary who later became a dissident, has died aged 77, friends and family have said. His wife, Flor Ester Torres Sanabria, told AP news agency that her husband died in a Havana hospital after suffering a…
October 25, 2012
Sandy heads for Cuba after pounding Jamaica
At least one man has died after being crushed by a boulder and almost three quarters of the island is without power after Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica Wednesday. As Sandy headed towards Cuba, Jamaica was still being pelted with heavy rains after…