Caribbean News, Latin America News: News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Sept. 17, 2020: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will kick off a historic visit to Suriname and Guyana today as part of a three day South American trip. Pompeo will begin his trip in Paramaribo with Surinamese President Santokhi […]
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COVID-19’s Devastating Impact On Caribbean Tourism Revealed
Caribbean News, Latin America News: By NAN Staff Writer News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Sept. 17, 2020: The decimating impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Caribbean tourism was for the first time revealed in real numbers Wednesday by the Caribbean Tourism Organization, (CTO), as many nations continue to […]
The WHO Director’s Warning To Latin America
Caribbean News, Latin America News: BRASILIA, Brazil, Thurs. Sept 17, 2020 (Reuters) – Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne said on Wednesday. Coronavirus cases in Colombia’s […]
Shincheonji Church Of Jesus Invites All People Of All Religions Worldwide To Attend A Prayer Service To End COVID-19
Caribbean News, Latin America News: WASHINGTON, D,C., Weds. Sept. 16, 2020: The Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony with Chairman Lee, Man-hee, will hold an online prayer service for all people of all religions worldwide, to pray for an end to COVID-19. The online prayer […]
Google Doodle Honors Puerto Rican Activist In National Hispanic Heritage Month
Caribbean News, Latin America News: News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Sept. 15, 2020: Google’s doodle on Tuesday honored a Puerto Rican activist on the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Google honored Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer Felicitas Mendez, who helped lead the fight to end segregation in […]
This CARICOM Nation Could Legalize Same Sex Marriage
Caribbean News, Latin America News: News Americas, MIAMI, FL, Weds. Sept. 16, 2020: Less than two weeks after the Governor of the Cayman Islands approved a law making same-sex partnerships legal in the British Overseas territory, a CARICOM nation has indicated it could also go that route. Barbados’ Governor General […]
US Secretary Of State For Four Nation South American Visit This Week
Caribbean News, Latin America News: BRASILIA, Brazil, Weds. Sept 16 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with Venezuelan migrants in Brazil this week, U.S. and Brazilian officials said on Tuesday, as Washington bids to step up pressure to oust Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro. “This trip […]
Brazil’s So-Called Dirty List Is Legal Court Rules
Caribbean News, Latin America News: By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Tues. Sept 15, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil’s so-called dirty list, one of the nation’s most powerful weapons against slave labor, is legal and can proceed, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. With the ruling, the list […]
Bermuda Spared Hurricane Paulette’s Wrath
Caribbean News, Latin America News: By Don Burgess HAMILTON, Bermuda, Tues. Sept 15, 2020 (Reuters) – Hurricane Paulette knocked out power lines in much of Bermuda on Monday but eventually appeared to have caused only limited damage even as swells reached as far as the east coast of the United […]
Island States Battle COVID-19, Climate Change And Debt Crisis
Caribbean News, Latin America News: By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Spain, Tues. Sept 15, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the coronavirus pandemic compounds worsening economic pressures from climate change impacts, small island developing nations including those in the Caribbean on Monday appealed for international financial support to help them avert […]