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Group pushes for charges after custody death ruling
A human rights group has called for two police officers to be tried in relation to the custody death of Aaron Rolle. Attorney Elsworth Johnson, president of the advocacy group Bahamas Human Rights Network (BHRN), said criminal charges before the Supreme Court were the "lawful and reasonable progression" after a coroner's jury found that Rolle was unlawfully killed. Rolle, 20, ...
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Johnson Both parties bear responsibility for shanty towns
Both the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and Free National Movement (FNM) governments bear collective responsibility for the proliferation of shanty towns throughout the country, according to the head of a local human rights group. Elsworth Johnson, president of the Bahamas Human Rights Network (BHRN), said the Department of Environmental Health and the Ministry of Works have failed in their ...
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Smith thinks mortgage plan was ‘noble’ effort
Former Minister of State for Finance James Smith suggested recently there was not much more commercial banks could have done to guarantee the success of the government's Mortgage Relief Plan. Smith, chairman of CFAL, said the government's plan presented last September was an effort at best. "I think that it is noble in itself, but in terms of something happening, well something ...
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Bahamians lost to Lupus remembered at Hope Floats
On Whit Monday, more than 100 Bahamians gathered at the top of Fort Charlotte for Hope Floats, a balloon release ceremony to remember Bahamians who have died from lupus. For the second year in a row, Lupus 242 partnered with event sponsors The Balloon People for the ceremony, which included poems, tributes by loved ones and the reading of a list of names of Bahamians loss to lupus. Shortly ...
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Aunt pleads for teen’s return
The surrogate mother of an 18-year-old teenager is pleading for her safe return. Melony Thompson said she last saw her niece Michaela Thompson last Thursday evening at their home on East Street South. Thompson spoke to The Nassau Guardian after police released a missing person's alert along with the teen's photo to the media. However, Thompson revealed that Michaela left a note, ...
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Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, a man transports a new Chinese made refrigerator in the trunk of a old car in Havana, Cuba. Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts. Islanders can now bring up to two such appliances per person into the ...
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Colombia Opening Gates to Asia Pacific Summit
Bogota, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The Summit of the member countries of the Asia Pacific Alliance, whose opening will be on Thursday, have an anteroom today in the southern city of Cali, with the meeting of the High Level Group comprising ministers Trade and Foreign Affairs. The ministers, who have been working for several months in the agreements to be sealed on the 23rd, developed technical ...
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Dutch Film The Marathon a Hit in Cuba
Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The combination of comedy and tragedy makes the Dutch film "El Maraton" (The Marathon) a hit with moviegoers in Cuba, a country where people often laugh at their problems. "Maybe that was the key, in the perfect combination of tears and laughter, because the joke on its own doesn't work," the film's actor and screenwriter, Martin van ...
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Rousseff has support to raise Brazil mine royalty - Governor
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Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online
HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ...
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Democracia K What’s going on in Argentina
May 25th marks the tenth anniversary of Nstor Kirchner being inaugurated President of Argentina. At the time, few Argentines would have imagined what was in store for their country with the advent of the "K" - for Kirchner - Regime. Especially after his hand-picked successor Cristina Kirchner became president in 2007, later re-elected in 2011. A year and a half into Cristina's ...
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VSAT Latin America to Examine the Demand Drivers for VSAT Services in Latin America
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Informa Telecoms & Media in partnership with telecommunications consultancy company COMSYS have announced the agenda for the first-ever VSAT Latin America event, taking place from 2-3 July 2013 at The Grand Hyatt Hotel, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The show is expected to attract hundreds of satellite and telecoms professionals from across Latin America and beyond ...
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Guatemalan court hits rewind button on Rios Montts genocide conviction
Guatemala's Constitutional Court overturned former dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt's genocide conviction - seen as a landmark human rights ruling - and called for a re-do of closing ...
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Attacks Kill 8 in Iraq
New attacks in three Iraqi cities have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more -- a day after more than 70 died in assaults on Shi'ite Muslims, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war with minority ...
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Number of Immigrants Grows in Uruguay
Montevideo, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Immigrants in Uruguay are 2.4 percent of the total population, and consist mainly of Argentines, said Foreign Minister Luis Almagro, as he introduced an informational campaign called "Positive Immigration". Almagro said that the country is currently experiencing a significant migratory flow, as well as seeing the return of Uruguayans. He said that of ...
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Cuba Hosts Accounting and Management Congress
Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Latin American Students begin today in this capital the 1st Congress of Accounting and Administration (CONTAD), to promote a professional performance based on social responsibility, ethics, and sustainability. The forum, to be held at the Havana's Conference Center and concludes on Friday, May 24, should be an opportunity to highlight the development of the ...
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Influence of Haitian Culture Focus of Colloquium in Cuba
Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The legacy of Haitian culture for contemporary Cuban authors is one of the leading discussions at today's International Symposium on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean, sponsored by Havana-based Casa de las Americas. Haiti's influence on the works of writers such as Enrique Serpa and Antonio Benitez will be the main topics of lectures by professors from ...
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Mexicos Femsa shares sink after Credit Suisse cuts view
MEXICO CITY | Tue May 21, 2013 9:53am EDT MEXICO CITY May 21 (Reuters) - Shares in Mexican bottling and retail company Femsa fell more than 4 percent to 134.34 pesos on Tuesday after Swiss bank Credit Suisse cut its view to underperform. The bank on Monday night raised its price target for Femsa, which jointly owns Latin America's largest Coke bottler Coca-Cola Femsa with The ...
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Firm acquired by Mexico giant
A business in Holland that provides prepaid cellular-phone service has been acquired by the largest wireless service in Latin America, which is owned by the world’s richest man. Mexico City-based America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V., which is owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, announced Monday that its subsidiary, Tracfone Wireless Inc., had entered into a deal to purchase all assets of Start ...
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Roberto Azevedos WTO appointment gives Brazil a seat at the top table
Brazil on the international scene. The Brazilian diplomatic corps pulled out all the stops to convince a majority of the 159 member states that their candidate was the right choice. But Azevedo's appointment is also a new departure, this being the first time that a Brazilian has headed one of the key bodies in the postwar Bretton Woods system. The country at last has a seat at the top ...
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Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran spying case
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on ...
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Iranians face internet curbs before prez election
Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via ...
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John McAfees Belize home destroyed by fire
U.S. Internet security pioneer John McAfee called the burning of his former Belize home last week suspicious. Two main structures at McAfee's compound on the outskirts of Orange Walk Town were destroyed Thursday by an out-of-control bush fire authorities told Britain's The Daily Telegraph. The fire is the latest twist in events following the businessman, who was sought for ...
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STXNEWS LATAM-Stock rating price target activity in Brazil for Tuesday
Tue May 21, 2013 9:13am EDT The following is a list of price target and rating activity for Brazilian stocks on Tuesday: 1) Goldman Sachs Group analysts led by Carlos Macedo cut the price target in preferred shares of bank giant Ita Unibanco Holding SA to 39.90 reais from 43.90 reais previously. Macedo and his team maintained a "buy" recommendation on the stock. 2) Analysts at Deutsche ...
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STXNEWS LATAM-Brazils Cielo faces regulatory noise ahead analysts say
Tue May 21, 2013 9:09am EDT Analysts at banks including BTG Pactual Group and Bank of America Merrill Lynch expect a decision to make the central bank the watchdog for the merchant acquiring industry. They also expect efforts by lawmakers to curb profits at card payment processors to escalate regulatory-related risks in the industry. A decision by the government to centralize all oversight of ...
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Cuba and Venezuela pushing ahead with major undersea project
Submarine cables are the information gateways of the modern world and Cuba will soon be linked to Venezuela and Jamaica by one, which will increase the efficiency of information flows between the countries by over 3000 times.
Work on an underwater cable that will link Cuba, Venezuela and Jamaica is underway with the survey ship RV Ridley Thomas mapping the ocean floor between the countries to determine the exact path of the cable. Read more
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