Accredited Third States
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HAITI-POLITICS-UN Secretary General names candidate for top UN post in Haiti
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Peter de Clercq of the Netherlands to the top United Nations humanitarian coordination position in Haiti. He will serve as the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), where he will also serve as UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative, the…
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CARIBBEAN-COURT-US judge rules against NYPD’s stop-and-frisk of Caribbean immigrants
NEW YORK, CMC – A United States federal district judge on Monday ruled against the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) policy of stop-and-frisk against Caribbean immigrants, blacks and other minorities. In a ruling in Manhattan Federal District Court, Judge Shira Scheindlin said the policy was unconstitutional, appointing a monitor to reform the practice. She said the city “adopted a policy…
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Mexico aims for NAFTA-style growth boost from energy reform
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s plans to break a 75-year state monopoly on energy could boost flagging growth and double foreign investment, potentially providing the biggest leg-up to its economy since the North American Free Trade Agreement two decades ago. The government is finalizing proposals to lure private investors into the oil, gas and electricity industries in order to boost…
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UNITED STATES-MIGRATION – US Coast Guard repatriates 11 Cuban migrants
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says crewmembers aboard the Cutter Margaret Norvell have repatriated 11 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba. The Coast Guard said while on routine patrol on Saturday, the crew of a HC-144 Ocean Sentry Aircraft, from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, located a “30-foot rustic vessel” off the coast of Marathon, Florida.…
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CUBA-POLITICS-Widow of late Cuban dissident calls for international inquiry
MIAMI, CMC – The widow of a Cuban dissident killed in a car crash in Cuba last year has called for an international inquiry into his death. Ofelia Acevedo, the widow of Oswaldo Payá, told reporters here that claims by the Spanish driver of the car in which Payá was travelling make it even more relevant for an international investigation.…
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Cash for citizenship for Indians
NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Cricket may soon not be the only connection Indians have with the Caribbean, according to reports here. The Times of India in a report on Sunday said St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda have “rolled out attractive cash-for-citizenship programs to woo Indian immigrants.” It said that Antigua and Barbuda is the latest…
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Malaria vaccine highly effective in small U.S. test
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – An experimental malaria vaccine proved highly effective in a small, early-stage clinical trial in people, raising hope in the global effort to combat the deadly disease, U.S. researchers reported yesterday in the journal Science. “This was something that everybody said was not possible. And here it is,” Navy Captain Judith Epstein, one of the researchers, said in…
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UNITED STATES – VISA – US begins new multiple-entry visa program for Cubans
WASHINGTON, CMC – The US Department of State says it has begun a new multiple-entry visa program for Cubans. “The Obama administration believes these measures, in addition to others, will increase people-to-people contact, support civil society in Cuba and enhance the free flow of information to, from, and among the Cuban people,” said the State Department in a statement. The…
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UNITED STATES-COURT-American convicted for directing funds to offshore account in Nevis
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of Justice says a US citizen has been convicted for directing funds to an offshore account in Nevis. On Wednesday, the department said Jimmie Duane Ross of Lehi, Utah, and formerly of Sevierville, Tennessee, was convicted of five counts of tax evasion following a jury trial in the US District Court for the…
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CUBA-RIGHTS-Amnesty International wants immediate release of five prisoners of conscience
LONDON, CMC – The London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on Cuban authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release five men named as prisoners of conscience. Amnesty International said the cases of the five men – Rafael Matos Montes de Oca, Emilio Planas Robert and the brothers Alexeis, Diango, and Vianco Vargas Martín – are “indicative of the continuing…
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