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-by Kurt Campbell- Guyana does not anticipate that any of its economic agreements with the United Kingdom or the European Union will be affected by the decision of the UK to withdraw from the EU. Citizens of the United Kingdom voted in a referendum on Thursday to leave the EU by a 52% to 48% margin. […]
(BBC) The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a “very low risk” of Zika virus spreading globally as a result of holding the Olympics in Brazil. There is no need to move the Olympics from Rio de Janeiro, or to postpone or cancel them, WHO experts said. The WHO reaffirmed earlier advice against imposing […]
(BBC) An ex-government minister in Argentina has been arrested after he was allegedly seen trying to hide millions of dollars in cash in a monastery. Officials said the police were called after nuns working at the religious community near Buenos Aires saw a man throw plastic bags over a wall. Jose Lopez was the public […]
The Government of Guyana has rejected Venezuela’s denial over the shooting incident which occurred two weeks ago in Guyana’s Cuyuni river involving Venezuelan soldiers. Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the recent statement by the Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana, in which it denied that Venezuelan troops shot at Guyanese mining officials while they […]
The Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana on Friday has rejected claims of a recent shooting incident involving Venezuelan soldiers and Guyanese mining officials in Guyana’s Cuyuni River. The Embassy denied that Venezuelan soldiers attacked officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission who were at the time traveling in a boat along the river in the […]
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, yesterday, said the Community remains unwavering in its determination to preserve Guyana’s territorial integrity, when he met with President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency. “The community has been resolute in always preserving the territorial integrity of Guyana. It is an issue that we […]
The largest airline in Latin America, Latam, says it is suspending its flights to Venezuela because of the worsening economic situation. The suspension came a day after Germany’s Lufthansa said it would suspend its services to the country. The German company said Venezuela owed it millions in ticket revenues. Oil-rich Venezuela has been hit hard […]
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 […]
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