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U.S. Expels 2 Venezuela Envoys
CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States said Monday that it had expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in response to the ouster last week of two American military attachés by Venezuela. “Around the world, when our people are thrown out unjustly, we’re going to take reciprocal action,” Victoria Nuland, the State Department spokeswoman, said at a news conference. “And we need to…
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Legacy of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez will be hard to erase
What does Hugo Chávez leave to the Venezuelan people? Three legacies, all of which are poisoned: a harebrained way to govern, the mindless 21st-Century socialism, and a neopopulist model based on welfare-patronage. • First, he leaves them the memory of a colorful character who was very funny. He governed badly but was amusing and monopolized the newscasts. Fourteen years of…
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Unions keep up pressure on government over wage demands
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, , CMC – The Trade Union Federation (TUF) is keeping up the pressure on the Kenny Anthony government for a six per cent increase in salaries for public servants who on Monday began the third week of their dispute with both sides sticking to their positions. The TUF, which groups many of the public sector unions here,…
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PM Gonsalves proposes naming facility after Chavez
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is proposing that a facility in St. Vincent and the Grenadines be named in honour of former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer last week. “I believe that it would be fitting for us, at some time, to have a facility, whether it be a school or some…
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OECS moving to develop yachting sector
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says it is moving ahead with plans to develop the yachting sector in the sub-region. A statement issued by the Str. Lucia-based OECS Secretariat Monday, said that a meeting was held late last month in the British Virgin islands to advance plans for the development of an action…
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T&T, Costa Rica talk trade
(Trinidad Guardian) Vasant Bharath, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment and Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, received a courtesy call from his Costa Rican counterparts, Anabelle Gonzalez, Minister of Trade and Fernando Ocampo, Vice-Minister of Trade, on Friday at his Port of Spain offices. Senator Bharath spoke at length about the government’s diversification thrust, with special…
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UN official condemns forced evictions of internally displaced people
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A senior United Nations humanitarian official is expressing grave concern about recent incidents of forced evictions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haiti. Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Ross Mountain, made the comment following a visit to a site from which thousands of people were forced to leave. While recognizing the right of…
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Teenage pregnancy a major concern in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Teenage pregnancy continues to be a major concern for the Ministry of Health with eight girls between the ages of 11 and 14 years giving birth in 2012, Health Minister Clayton Burgin has told Parliament. He said that teenage pregnancy remains high even as the nation recorded a constant decrease in the number of babies…
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Clinton awards more than $700,000 to Haiti farms
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A charity for former U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded more than $700,000 to develop the country's agriculture sector. The Clinton Foundation announced Monday that the grants will go toward efforts to plant trees, build a coffee farm and train farmers. Clinton has been the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti since shortly before the devastating 2010 earthquake.…
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