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A special commission in Haiti has recommended throwing out the disputed results of last year’s first-round presidential election and holding a new vote. Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said “zombie votes” and other problems meant last October’s ballot could not be considered legitimate. Haiti has been under an interim president since February. A run-off vote […]
(BBC) A second minister in Brazil’s new government has resigned. Fabiano Silveira was in charge of the ministry tasked with fighting corruption but left after a recording was made public, which seems to show him trying to derail a corruption investigation at the state oil company. Last week the planning minister stepped aside after a […]
(BBC) Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is to face trial after the Senate voted to impeach and suspend her. Ms Rousseff is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies. Senators voted to suspend her by 55 votes to 22 after an all-night […]
(BBC) Two US missionaries have been found dead in a rural area of the Caribbean island of Jamaica notorious for its high rates of crime, police say. The pair have been named as Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols, 53. They worked in Jamaica for a Pennsylvania-based religious group called Teams for Medical Missions. Their […]
After serving as Guyana’s Permanent Representative at the United States for several years, career diplomat, Ambassador George Talbott is getting ready for his move to Brazil as the new Guyana Ambassador. Talbott is expected to take up his appointment within the next two months. Speaking to News Source in New York, Mr. Talbott, who began […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Apr 27 2016 – Regional airline LIAT on Wednesday said one of its employees was assisting the police in Barbados with their investigation into a drug-related matter. LIAT said the employee in question was taken into custody on Tuesday shortly after arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport on a flight from St. […]
A week after Ecuador’s devastating earthquake, President Rafael Correa has said the number of fatalities has risen to 646. President Correa said that another 130 people were still missing. He announced eight days of national mourning for the victims of the worst tragedy to hit the South American nation in decades. The 7.8 magnitude quake […]
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has said she could ask the South American trade bloc Mercosur to suspend the country if she is removed from office. Ms Rousseff has repeatedly described the impeachment process as a political coup by her rivals to oust her. She is accused of manipulating budget figures ahead of her re-election in […]
(BBC) Tensions between Guatemala and Belize over a border dispute have risen sharply after a shooting incident in which a Guatemalan teenager died. Guatemala says the 13-year-old boy was attacked by Belizean soldiers. Belize says its troops shot in self-defence after coming under fire. Belize also accuses Guatemala of “amassing” troops along the border. Guatemala’s […]
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has killed scores of people and injured more than 500, Vice-President Jorge Glas says. The quake, Ecuador’s largest since 1979, hit at 18:58 on Saturday (23:58 GMT) near the northern town of Muisne. Widespread severe damage is reported, with a bridge destroyed as far south as Guayaquil about 300km […]
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