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April 17, 2011

Raul Castro pushes Cuban Communist Party ‘rejuvenation’

Cuban President Raul Castro has said top political positions should be limited to two…

April 17, 2011

1.2 million bootleg CDs destroyed

ANTI-piracy campaigners yesterday organised the destruction of 1.2 million bootleg CDs and 212,000 DVDs confiscated by the police. As part of Intellectual Property Week 2011, the Jamaica Anti-Piracy Alliance (JAPA) hopes that the destruction,…

April 17, 2011

Mexico arrests suspect over Tamaulipas mass graves

The Mexican navy says it has captured the main suspect in the murder of 145 people whose bodies were found in mass graves in the northern state of Tamaulipas earlier this month. Omar Martin Estrada - known as El Kilo - is accused of being the…

April 17, 2011

Bolivia protests challenge Evo Morales

Protesters in Bolivia have blocked main roads and clashed with police, on the ninth day of nationwide demonstrations against the government. Police used tear gas to clear the main road south of La Paz, and protesters fought back with stones and…

April 17, 2011

US resumes deportations to Haiti

Despite what has been described as a humanitarian crisis, the United States has  started the second round of deportations to Haiti. Immigration officials said that 19 Haitians, who had been convicted of crimes in the US, were sent back to the…

April 15, 2011

Firm fined $20,000 for VAT fraud in Trinidad

An engineering company which attempted to defraud the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) of more $.6…

April 15, 2011

Small aircraft crashes at St Lucia airport, flights cancelled

The George Charles Airport on the outskirts of Castries in St…

April 15, 2011

War of words continues in Anguilla

The Anguilla government has accused British Governor Alistair Harrison of using "residual powers", which he claims to have under the Constitution, in banning Home Affairs Minister Walcott Richardson from issuing visa waivers for persons wanting…

April 15, 2011

Cuba faces its worst drought for 50 years

Cuba is facing its worst drought in half a century, with tens of thousands of families almost entirely reliant on water trucks for essential supplies. The drought started two years ago, and reservoirs are now down to a fifth of their normal…

April 15, 2011

Colombia mudslide engulfs bus after heavy rain

A mudslide caused by heavy rain has engulfed a bus in Colombia, killing at least 14 people, officials. say. The bus was leaving the central city of the city of Manizales when it was hit by a collapsing hillside and swept into a ravine. Rescuers have…