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November 10, 2011

Chavez: navy detects submarine off Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez said yesterday that his navy detected a submarine in Venezuelan waters and that it quickly sped off. The submarine was detected on Tuesday near the Venezuelan island of La Orchila in the Caribbean north of Caracas, where…

November 9, 2011

Haiti cholera victims demand UN damages

Lawyers representing 5,000 cholera victims in Haiti are seeking hundreds of millions of…

November 9, 2011

Chinese looking to work closer

BARBADOS IS ONE OF THE FIRST countries in the Caribbean to have established diplomatic relations with China, and the Chinese government is prepared to work with Barbados to promote high-level exchanges between the two countries. This was…

November 9, 2011

Venezuela’s envoy slams critics of govt

In a Guardian exclusive, Venezuela’s Consul General in New York, Carol Delgado, hailed the newly-created Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a counter to the United States meddling in the region and its lopsided influence…

November 9, 2011

Mariela Castro Twitter debut sparks Cuba dissident spat

The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has made her debut on Twitter, only to be confronted by a dissident demanding free speech. Mariela Castro is the head of Cuba's sexual education institute and a supporter of gay rights on the island.…

November 8, 2011

Filipino workers banned from eleven Caribbean countries including TCI

The government of the Philippines has announced a ban on the deployment of…

November 8, 2011

Chicken from US ‘a threat’

THE CARIBBEAN’S POULTRY industry is under threat from the importation of chicken leg quarters from the United States of America. And the situation is becoming untenable, says Dr Desmond Ali, executive director of the Caribbean Poultry Association…

November 8, 2011

Nicaragua opposition candidate calls Ortega win ‘fraud’

The opposition candidate in Sunday's presidential poll in Nicaragua has rejected the victory of the incumbent President, Daniel Ortega. Fabio Gadea said he could not accept the results presented by the electoral council because "they did not…

November 8, 2011

Colombia mudslide deaths mount

The number of people known to have died in a mudslide in western Colombia has risen to at least 38. Rescuers are continuing to search for more than 20 people believed buried beneath 300 tonnes of earth and mud. Fourteen homes were swept away when a…

November 8, 2011

Extradition squashed

Businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson yesterday scored a major victory in their battle against extradition to the United States after the order was quashed by a High Court judge. Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh, presiding in the…