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Praying for Chávez
KINGSTON, Jamaica – As the world awaits further news on the health of Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, representatives of the governments of Jamaica and Venezuela and a throng of other diplomats gathered yesterday at the Grace Missionary Church in Kingston to offer prayers on his behalf. Chávez, who is to be sworn in as president for another term, is currently…
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US announces final rule to support Caribbean family unity
WASHINGTON D.C., United States, 2013 -Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has announced new rules reducing the time Caribbean and other nationals who are US citizens are separated from their immediate relatives. She said these relatives – spouse, children and parents – must be in the process of obtaining visas to become lawful permanent residents of the United States under…
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Argentina Renews Dispute With Britain Over Falklands
British Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected a call by Argentina's president for Britain to give control of the Falkland Islands to Argentina. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wrote an open letter to the British leader accusing his country of colonialism. More than 30 years have passed since Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week war over the Falkland Islands, a British…
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Chavez still has ‘severe’ respiratory problem
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering a “severe” respiratory infection that has hindered his breathing as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba, the government said on Thursday. The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen in public nor heard from in more than three weeks. Officials say he is in delicate condition after his…
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Vice President Maduro back in Venezuela, no news on ailing Chavez
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Vice President Nicolas Maduro returned to Venezuela yesterday after visiting Hugo Chavez in hospital in Cuba, but gave no new details on the cancer-stricken president as rumors grow about his condition. Flanked by senior government figures including Diosdado Cabello, the head of the National Assembly, Maduro toured a coffee production plant in Caracas – the type of…
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Chavez Cancer Imperils $7 Billion Caribbean Oil Funding: Energy
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s battle with cancer threatens $7 billion of subsidized oil exports that help prop up Cuba’s economy and contain inflation in Caribbean nations from Jamaica to the Bahamas. Chavez, hospitalized in Havana after a fourth operation, sent Cuba $3.6 billion of oil in 2011 through the Petrocaribe program that serves 70 million people across Central America and…
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Chavez said in coma; Maduro: Ignore rumors
CARACAS, Venezuela, (UPI) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in an induced coma and on life support in a Havana hospital, sources told Spanish newspaper ABC. At the same time, Vice President Nicolas Maduro urged Venezuelans not to believe rumors about Chavez's health. He told Venezuelan broadcaster Telesur Chavez was “aware of the complex and delicate situation he is going…
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Fiscal consolidation inevitable in the Caribbean – says IMF
WASHINGTON, CMC – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper says since growth in the current global economic environment is “virtually nonexistent,” significant fiscal consolidation is inevitable in the region. The paper, dubbed “The Challenges of Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean,” examines debt dynamics in the Caribbean and discusses policy options for reducing the high debt levels.…
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SPEAKING NOTES BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF H.E. MR. SERGE MARCOUX, AMBASSADOR OF CANADA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 28 OCTOBER 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Serge Marcoux, Ambassador of Canada to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General Representatives of the Canadian High Commission Distinguished guests Ladies and gentlemen Members of the Media It is with great pleasure that I welcome your Excellency Serge Marcoux to the Secretariat today for the special purpose of receiving your Credentials accrediting you as Canada's Ambassador to the…
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CARICOM AND MEXICO IN JOINT HAITI EFFORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico will join forces to help in the reconstruction of Haiti in the medium and long-term, particularly in the area of health and the provision of tents and shelters. In a Declaration issued at the conclusion of the first Mexico-CARICOM Summit held in Mexico on 21 February, the Heads…
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