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March 14, 2011

Cuba Releases Prominent Dissident

Cuba has released from prison one of its most prominent dissidents. Oscar Elias Biscet was freed Friday and returned to his home in Havana. The 49-year-old physician was serving a 25-year sentence.   Biscet was part of a group of 52 dissidents…

March 14, 2011

US Targets Mexican Drug Gang

U.S. law enforcement officials announced Wednesday that 10 Mexican nationals associated with a notorious criminal gang have been charged in last year's murder of a U.S. consulate employee and two other people in Juarez, Mexico.   The announcement…

March 9, 2011

Attorney accuses Jamaican justice minister of being dishonest

Sparks continued to fly on Tuesday at the Commission of Enquiry…

March 9, 2011

Cuba and US in online controversy

The internet seems to have become the latest front in the long ideological war between Cuba and the United States. A BBC Caribbean report stated that Havana is now accusing Washington of trying to use illegal satellite communications equipment to…

March 9, 2011

Antigua-Barbuda workers to protest on Thursday against government actions

The Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATLU) has planned a massive demonstration on Thursday in St John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, to protest the policies of the government that are claimed will cause further unemployment, growing…

March 9, 2011

In Haiti, officials promise fixes ahead of March runoff election

Inside a former gym turned elections headquarters, 120 operators field calls from confused Haitian voters needing to know where to cast their votes on election day. The 24-hour call center is among several fixes Haitian elections officials have…

March 9, 2011

Police kept busy during Trinidad carnival

The 2011 carnival celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago were very successful and on Monday nearly all the ministers and other lawmakers had their fun tramping on stage. The US Ambassador Beatrice Wilkinson Welters joined in the merrymaking,…

March 6, 2011

Extradition request flawed, insists Jamaican minister

Jamaican’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne,…

March 6, 2011

Caribbean leaders welcome move to settle border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela

Caribbean leaders have endorsed and welcomed the appointment of University of the West Indies (UWI) professor, Dr Norman Girvan, as personal representative of the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel…

March 6, 2011

Guyana opposition presidential candidate agrees to coalition

Retired Brigadier David Granger, who was last weekend elected as the presidential candidate for Guyana’s main opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNCR), said he remains committed to his party's position to an opposition coalition to…