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Chávez will miss inauguration amid heightened tensions
CARACAS — Of all the people flocking here Thursday to mark President Hugo Chávez’s new six-year term, the man of the hour, the ailing Comandante, will not be among them. On Tuesday, National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello announced that Chávez will miss the event, as he remains in Cuba where he is recovering from complicated cancer surgery that has kept…
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Christie in demand – Trinidadian coalition brings Christie on board
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's former contractor general Greg Christie has been brought on board by a coalition of private sector and civil society groups in Trinidad and Tobago to advise it on draft legislative proposals now before the twin-island republic's parliament. Christie has been engaged by a private and civil society group headed by the Joint Consultative Council for the…
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Venezuela lawmakers postpone Chavez swearing-in
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's decision to postpone the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez as he remains in Cuba battling cancer has prompted furious accusations from the opposition that the government is violating the constitution and should tell the country how ill the socialist leader really is. But government officials argued the inauguration can legally take place at a later date…
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This year’s world around us
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – As the old year turned, new regimes took hold in both the United States and China, acknowledged by most people in the Caribbean and elsewhere as the countries most likely to determine the international frameworks within which our countries will find it necessary to function. There was undoubtedly some relief as President Obama was re-elected in November…
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Residents raise health concerns as government develops geothermal project
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government has confirmed that experts are being brought into the country as it seeks to allay the health concerns of the residents in the Roseau Valley where most of the geothermal projects are being undertaken. Minister for Employment, Trade, Industry and Diaspora Affairs Dr. Collin McIntyre, who is also the parliamentary representative for the…
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Family of former premier appeals for his return home
PROVIDENCIALS, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The family of former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier, Michael Misick, has launched a local and international appeal for the former head of government who is in a Brazilian jail to be allowed to return to the British Overseas Territory. Misick, 46, was arrested last December as a result of an international…
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PNP, JLP rap US newspaper editorial
KINGSTON, Jamaica – AN editorial in the Chicago Tribune — one of the largest and most respected newspapers in the United States — which described the Jamaican economy as being in worse shape than that of Greece and an example of what could happen to countries that continue to pile up debt, has been viewed as inaccurate from representatives of…
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Is Jamaica the Greece of the Western Hemisphere?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – YESTERDAY the Chicago Tribune (President Obama's major hometown newspaper and one of the top five newspapers in the US) wrote an editorial with the title “Jamaica's Debt Hurricane”, subtitled “The Greece of the Western Hemisphere”. The editorial argued that Jamaica, like Greece, “illustrates the catastrophic effects of borrowing way too much, and the painful choices that follow”.…
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