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(Jamaica Gleaner) The Dr Andrew Holness-led administration is urging local businesses to look to new markets amid the Trump administration’s imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on Jamaican exports to the United States even as it seeks...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Trade Paula Gopee-Scoon says officials from this country and the United States have agreed to engage in dialogue to continuously review the tariff structure between the two nations. The article Trade...Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The message “Canada is not for sale” drew attention because of a rule against political slogans at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The team later apologized.Friday, April 4, 2025 from The City Paper Bogotá
Colombia has signed a letter of intent to purchase between 16 and 24 modern fighter jets from Sweden. The deal with aircraft manufacturer SAAB would replace the country's ageing Israeli Kfirs with the JAS39 Gripen.Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Immigration officers asked Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia if he was a gang member, and refused to believe him when he denied it, according to court papers.Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Americas
As Canada faces an election defined by President Trump’s threats, its progressive party, the New Democrats, finds itself losing support and confronting an existential crisis.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – There is a “fair likelihood” the Trump administration violated a court order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely invoked 18th-century law, a...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Reuters) – The United Nations yesterday named 54 officials from Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government who it said are responsible for serious human rights violations and crimes, in what was described as a...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Trinidad Guardian) Three years after four divers lost their lives in what became known as the Paria diving tragedy, the government has decided to award TT$1 million to each of their families and an additional TT$1 million to the lone...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Jamaica Gleaner) A 15-year-old girl and a 28-year-old taxi operator have been charged with the murder of a man along Swansea Avenue in St Andrew on March 24. The article Jamica schoolgirl and taxi driver charged with murder appeared...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s Senate rejected two Supreme Court justice nominees proposed by President Javier Milei, in a setback for the libertarian leader, who accused lawmakers of politicizing the vote. The...Friday, April 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The Dr Andrew Holness-led administration is urging local businesses to look to new markets amid the Trump administration’s imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on Jamaican exports to the United States even as it seeks “urgent...Friday, April 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Constitutional scholar Dr Lloyd Barnett has viewed the remarks by Cabinet Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte on the timing of Jamaica’s next general election with a blend of legal understanding and democratic concern. According to Barnett:...Friday, April 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
A Jamaican man residing in Georgia is facing criminal charges for allegedly operating a multistate sweepstakes scam that fleeced four elderly women of thousands of dollars, United States (US) authorities have disclosed. Jimmy Smith, 30,...Friday, April 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Criminals stole a staggering $904.8 million worth of motor vehicles across the island in the first three months of this year, according to police records. Between January 1 and March 31 this year, 474 vehicles were reported stolen with...Friday, April 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
WESTERN BUREAU: A forensic examiner from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) admitted on Thursday that he could not confirm whether the Barnett Street Police Station cell, where Mario Deane was beaten on August 3,...Friday, April 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Amid the ripple effects of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on imports to the United States, Jamaica Bauxite Mining (JBM) is focused on navigating the challenges these changes bring. Speaking with The Gleaner on Thursday, JBM...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Latin America
The February 2022 protests, dubbed the Freedom Convoy, were sparked by a Canadian government vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada border.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Mexico | The Guardian
From UK tailors to Australian farmers to Irish whiskey distillers, firms reveal the impact of US measures Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will upend global trade, adding costs and delays to businesses around the world and threatening a...Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Born into rural poverty, he climbed to the top of the art market. But he fell after being convicted of selling fake and stolen items.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law and had special forces storm the National Assembly, is removed from office.Friday, April 4, 2025 from BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean
The climate prize ceremony will come just before Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit in November.Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Javier Milei of Argentina might not be that useful for the United States on economics or geopolitics — but he can help to fight the culture wars.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, who may run for California governor, makes surprise speech at Dana Point business conference and criticizes President Trump's policies.Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Americas
New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
As markets plunged and world leaders expressed anger and dismay over Trump's tariffs, Mexico took a more measured and hopeful approach.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
President Trump says his tariffs are 'reciprocal.' But his formula doesn't try to match the tariffs other countries impose on the U.S. Economists are highly skeptical about the new calculationThursday, April 3, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The case is among the last stemming from the 2022 trucker protests, which spawned many other criminal cases, lawsuits and a public inquiry.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration's roll-out of sweeping global tariffs tariffs has prompted urgent questions about how the new taxes were calculated, how long they will last and what exactly the White House hopes to achieve with them.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Latin America
The world is reacting to President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on nearly every country on the planet. The move is meant to re-shape the global trading order and some countries are being hit harder than others. NPR correspondents...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Miller Gardner, who was 14, died last month at a resort in Costa Rica.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
Markets plunged and countries readied their retaliation plans a day after Trump announced sweeping tariffs affecting nearly every country.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from NYT > Americas
Emissaries of the “United States of Kailasa,” led by a fugitive holy man, were deported after negotiating 1,000-year deals with Indigenous groups.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration is trying to force a deal on Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky that would make the imperialists of the past blush.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from The City Paper Bogotá » News
Some 1,200 Indigenous people from Colombia’s southwestern departments have gathered peacefully in Bogotá’s Plaza de Bolívar for a third consecutive day, calling for a meeting with President Gustavo Petro to discuss violence in their...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
Friends and colleagues in Los Angeles are mourning the death of Father Richard Estrada, whose decades of activism were infused with an unconditional commitment to advocating for vulnerable populations.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Mexico & the Americas - Los Angeles Times
In a Trump-friendly slice of California, concerns about higher prices and uncertainty about the economy were palpable as the White House announced tariff plans.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil said ay it is assessing all potential responses to the United States’ 10% tariffs on imports from Latin America’s largest economy, while its Congress approved a bill outlining the framework...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s government said yesterday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s baseline 10% tariffs violate the provisions of DR-CAFTA, a free trade agreement between the U.S., The article US...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s largest poultry company, Jamaica Broilers Group Limited, racked up more than $1 billion in losses for the January third quarter, the first loss in company’s nearly seven decades of operation. The article...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Colombia will purchase a fleet of Saab 39 Gripen fighter aircraft from Sweden, President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday. The article Colombia to buy fleet of Saab 39 Gripen fighter aircraft from...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
(Reuters) – Brazil yesterday announced the nomination of auto industry executive Dan Ioschpe, who represented Brazil in business meetings at the G20 summit last year, as its “climate champion” for the 2025 United...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Stabroek News » Regional News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince yesterday to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government’s...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from NYT > Americas
The recording appears to be from the band’s 1962 audition for Decca Records, which notably rejected the group.Thursday, April 3, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
BANGKOK (AP): The sweeping new tariffs announced yesterday by United States (US) President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war....Thursday, April 3, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The administration of a St Andrew-based primary school, where a six-year-old female student was allegedly sexually assaulted by an 11-year-old male student, yesterday said it followed the lawful procedure in reporting the matter to the...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
Western Bureau: The firearm popularly known as the ‘Chip Glock’, which is said to be the weapon of choice among Jamaican gangsters based in the United States (US), has now been discovered in the possession of local thugs, with one...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
The lone accused in the multibillion-dollar fraud investigation at Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), Jean Ann Panton, is pushing for access to the Kroll audit report to use as part of her defence in the trial slated for May 4 next...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
As trash accumulates in the Constant Spring Gully, ready to be washed down to the Kingston Harbour by the rain, residents of Cassava Piece battle against rats, roaches and stray animals when the garbage truck allegedly disappears for...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Latin America (Central America & Caribbean)
WESTERN BUREAU: Kenre Valentine, a maritime surveyor with the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), wants primary and secondary school students across the country to embrace science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to...