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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Brazil had 3,701 gay marriages in 2013, the 1st year such unions were legal

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 22:21 by GxMedia Rio de Janeiro, Dec 9 (EFE).- Brazil celebrated 3,701 gay weddings in 2013, the first year a judicial decision authorized same-sex marriage, officials announced Tuesday.Of all gay marriages last year, 52 percent were between women and 48 percent between men, according to figures of the civil registry published by the ...

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Caribbean Court of Justice to hear Belize nationalization case

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 22:18 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 9 (EFE).- The Caribbean Court of Justice will take up on Wednesday the nationalization case pitting the government of Belize against British Caribbean Bank and businessman Dean Boyce.The court will spend three days listening to arguments in six consolidated appeals lodged against Belize by Dean Boyce & ...

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Jamaica’s Atkinson is 1st black woman to win world swimming title

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 22:16 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 9 (EFE).- Jamaican swimmer Alia Atkinson said she will never forget the moment she became the first black woman to win an international swim title after prevailing in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the Fina World Swimming in Qatar.“It was Alia Atkinson first and then the joy ...

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Caribbean News Desk radio programme: Transparency activists hit Guyana streets against corruption

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 22:06 by GxMedia Activists of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) on Tuesday- International Anti-Corruption Day- marched through the streets of Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, to pressure government to address corruption. The theme of this year’s United Nations-designated day is “Breaking the Corruption Chain.” The global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International, has ranked Guyana the ...

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Dominica’s ruling party wins 4th straight term with fewer seats

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 3:41 by GxMedia Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday retained power in the Caribbean island of Dominica for a fourth straight term but with fewer seats in an election that his opponent charged was “tainted” with irregularities. Addressing the nation, Skerrit conceded that his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) lost three seats to the United ...

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Accused sex offender detained in U.S. Virgin Islands

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:37 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 8 (EFE).- A man wanted in Florida on suspicion of committing a sexual offense was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the U.S. Virgin Islands at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix.The program director at the CBP’s San Juan Field Office, Brenda Padial, told ...

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Navy seizes over 1 ton of cocaine in southwestern Colombia

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:27 by GxMedia Bogota, Dec 8 (EFE).- The navy seized nearly 1,200 kilos of cocaine hidden around the mouth of the Mira River in Nariño, a province in southwestern Colombia, navy spokesmen told Efe. The cocaine belonged to the Daniel Aldana column of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, one of the rebel ...

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Venezuela seeks to leverage its tourism industry’s potential

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:25 by GxMedia By Javier Garcia.Barinas, Venezuela, Dec 8 (EFE).- Venezuela is seeking to improve its image and promote its great natural attractions to make tourism a major source of revenue, second only to oil, Tourism Minister Andres Izarra said.The goal is to increase tourism’s current 4 percent contribution to the gross domestic ...

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Trade between Australia and LatAm complement each other, says expert

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:21 by GxMedia Sydney, Dec 8 (EFE).- Bilateral trade between Australia and Latin American countries do not compete but complement each other, said in an interview with EFE Argentine economist Alexis Esposto, from the Swinburne University in Australia.“The average growth of import and export between Australia and Brazil is 8.3 percent, with Peru ...

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Dominica’s people vote for a new Parliament

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:16 by GxMedia Roseau, Dec 8 (EFE).- Dominicans go to the polls Monday to elect a new Parliament with the ruling Dominica Labor Party facing a formidable challenge from its main rival, the United Workers Party.The UWP, fighting its first election under the new leadership of Lennox Linton, is urging voters to oust ...

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