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The 2016 United Nations Human Development Report on the Caribbean has found that although women in the region are better educated, they find themselves facing more challenges than men in the work place. According to the report which was released recently, women are disadvantaged in the labour market, with lower level and lower paying jobs […]
by Kurt Campbell at UN Headquarters (New York) United Nations (UN) member countries will gather at the UN Headquarters in New York, from September 13th for the 71st Regular Session of the General Assembly. They are expected to recommit to the 2030 agenda of implementing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although progress has been recorded, […]
The president of Colombia has announced that a peace deal between the country’s government and Farc rebels will be formally signed on 26 September. The deal ends 50 years of conflict that left hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions displaced. A ceasefire began on Monday but the deal must still clear two hurdles […]
(BBC) Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Brazil to demonstrate against the government. Organisers said 50,000 people – a record number – turned out in Sao Paulo alone for a seventh day of protests against the new President Michel Temer. Mr Temer took office after Dilma Rousseff was removed from […]
(NY Daily News) At least five people were shot, two fatally, as gunshots erupted at the bustling J’Ouvert celebration in Brooklyn despite NYPD doubling its parade patrols. The annual West Indian heritage celebration was marred by deadly violence for a second consecutive year. Cops rushed to eastern Prospect Park before 4 a.m. following reports that […]
Four young Guyanese who are involved in small businesses of their own have been selected to be part of President Obama’s 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows Programme. The programme will bring together 250 young leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, including the four from Guyana, to the United States for an exchange […]
(WSJ) BRASÍLIA— Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla who defied a dictatorship but struggled as Brazil’s president amid a troubled economy and a fractious political climate, was removed from office Wednesday following an impeachment trial she condemned as a coup d’état. Far from ending Brazil’s monthslong political crisis, Ms. Rousseff’s ouster leaves the country’s new […]
(BBC) A son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was among suspected criminals abducted in a Pacific coast city on Monday, officials say. They say Jesus Alfredo Guzman, 29, was one of six members of the Sinaloa Cartel seized by members of a rival gang, Jalisco New Generation. The incident took place at […]
(BBC) A coalition of opposition parties in Nicaragua has called on voters to boycott November’s presidential poll. A spokeswoman for the National Coalition for Democracy called it “fraudulent” and “a farce”. The opposition accuses incumbent President Daniel Ortega of trying to create a “dynastic dictatorship”. Polls suggest Mr Ortega is likely to win as the […]
(BBC) Venezuelan officials have set out the timetable for a recall referendum on whether President Nicolas Maduro should remain in power. The Venezuelan opposition reacted angrily when they heard they would only be allowed to collect more petition signatures in late October. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles said an opposition march would go ahead in September. […]
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