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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua & Barbuda is unwilling to consider any monetary settlement below US $21 million annually to end the gaming dispute with the US, according to Finance Minister Haro

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says its Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Belize and Guatemala on the protra

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Haiti's prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it can get on its fee

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says several commissioned studies have revealed that crime and violence have had a dramatic impact on women, youth and the economic wel

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - exual violence against women is being seen as widespread in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - It can't have been without compelling reason that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller decided to miss the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELA

KINGSTON, Jamaica - SIX-and-a-half years ago a historic accord was signed between Venezuela and various member states of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for the inauguration of an energy-based

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — European and Latin American leaders wrapped up a two-day summit here yesterday, pledging to reinvigorate their "strategic partnership" for expanded free trade while shunni

The Caribbean Policy Research Institute is executing a renewable energy (RE) Project aimed at supporting renewable energy policy frameworks as well as investments for renewable energy in Region.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Santiago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Without wanting to seem ungrateful and unmindful of the 40-plus years of Mr Patrick Manning’s service to this country as MP, energy minister, finance minister and Prime

Switzerland—British Prime Minister David Cameron wants nothing to do with a United States of Europe, an idea that’s gaining currency as the countries that use the euro struggle to fix their debt

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Despite initially confirming that he would attend the ongoing CLICO commission of enquiry, former head of CLICO Lawrence Duprey is now backing out.

drought KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Portia Simpson Miller led administration is taking steps to prevent an increase in the price of agricultural produce as the country braces for a severe drough

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - BARBADOS will be the first country in this region to carry out a study on its population’s salt intake.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Ministry of Education here has expressed concern about reports that known sex offenders can be found teaching in schools across the island.

NASSAU, Bahamas, – The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has flagged a potentially crippling development within the United States tax legislation that could have far reaching implicati

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona will be putting the spotlight on regional development at its annual research exposition scheduled for Thursday, February 7 and Fr

KINGSTON, Jamaica - CANADA'S High Commissioner, Robert Ready, has denied suggestions that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is withdrawing from Jamaica.