Caricom to discuss AML impasse

Heads of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are expected to discuss Guyana’s inability to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) 2013 Bill when they continue their intersessional meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines today. Legal Affairs Ministe...
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Inspiring change

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - TOMORROW is International Women’s Day 2014 and several states around the world will be celebrating the achievements of women on the social, political and economic fronts in particular, while still shining a spotlight on areas for further improvement as we move ...
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Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/ BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - Crimea’s parliament voted yesterday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama ordere...
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Two dead in Venezuela violence as protests drag on

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan soldier and a motorcyclist died in a confused melee sparked by the opposition’s barricading of a Caracas street, officials said yesterday, boosting the death toll from nearly a month of violence to 20. Demonstrators have for weeks staged rallies and set ...
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Cuba agrees to open talks with EU on new political accord

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba accepted a proposal by the European Union to open negotiations on a new political accord, saying yesterday it was willing to discuss human rights as part of discussions that would end what it considers a one-sided relationship with Europe. On Feb. 10, the EU agreed to ...
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Venezuela still simmers

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Contrary to what we posited in our editorial last Friday, that authoritarian regimes generally view making concessions, including being brought to the dialogue table, as a sign of weakness, the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, affir...
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