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  • March 13, 2013
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    Chávez’s oil and Antigua & Barbuda’s debt

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – There is no doubt that the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, left an indelible mark on the world and his very recent death on March 5 gave many people a reason to pause and remember. Chávez was no stranger to controversy. In some cases, he almost seemed to thrive on it. He was brash and…

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    CARICOM and Latin America after Chávez

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Much comment has been made, following the recent death of President Hugo Chávez, emphasizing forebodings about the fate of the PetroCaribe initiative and other forms of assistance, including the creation of the Alba; and the effects of any disappearance of these initiatives on the economic welfare of the Caricom countries, among other countries of the hemisphere. A…

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  • March 13, 2013
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    Fears Grow Over Country’s Cash Crisis

    St. John’s Antigua- Leader of the Opposition Gaston Browne is warning government could be forced to renew its arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it faces increased difficulty meeting financial obligations. “Antigua & Barbuda will remain in an IMF programme for at least another three years because the government is not in a position to pay them,” Browne…

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    Antigua government prepares for legal battle in US courts

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is preparing to deal with a motion filed by the son of the owner of a company based here who is asking the US courts to reconsider a previous ruling that dismissed a US$750,000 breach of contract lawsuit against the government. Attorney General Justin Simon told Parliament that…

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    St. Lucia largest economy within sub-region

    WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said that St. Lucia has weathered the difficult post-crisis environment, becoming the largest economy in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). The ECCU comprises Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. The Washington-based financial institution said the…

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  • March 13, 2013
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    Patterson blasts UN for ‘anti-Haiti’ cholera stand

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Former Jamaican Prime Minister P J Patterson has blasted the decision by the United Nations to invoke “legal immunity” for rejecting compensation claims by some 5,000 Haitian victims of cholera. “It is simply appalling, a most reprehensible behaviour… for the UN to claim such immunity,” Patterson told the Jamaica Observer in a telephone interview. “The moreso when…

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  • March 13, 2013
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    International group warns of increase in cholera cases

    PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says a lack of funds and supplies has crippled cholera treatment programmes in Haiti, leading to unnecessary deaths and increasing the risk of greater outbreaks during the upcoming rainy season. In recent evaluations of public health facilities in four Haitian departments—Artibonite, Nippes, Southeast, and North—MSF…

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  • March 13, 2013
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    This Antigua political saga

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – AS the saying goes, in party politics “all things are possible”—including, of course, success and defeat at free and fair elections and, by extension, related court rulings. Within the past two days, two opposition parties—one in Dominica, the other in Antigua and Barbuda—had to contend with this reality based on separate court decisions. In the…

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  • March 13, 2013
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    Opposition party disappointed at court ruling

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has expressed disappointment at the ruling handed down by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court dismissing an election petition filed by filed by the defeated party candidates challenging the nomination of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean to contest the 2009 general election. Former UWP…

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  • March 13, 2013
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    Prime Minister hints at early poll, wants clean sweep

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has hinted at an early general election and has already told supporters that he intends to follow the record set by Grenada’s ruling New National Party (NNP) of a clean sweep of the seats in the upcoming poll. Speaking at a public meeting to thank supporters for the three years of legal…

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