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Caricom leaders agree to search for US$ millions to boost anti-Ebola systems

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad , Oct 4 (CND).- Leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) on Tuesday agreed to seek international funding and Cuban assistance for a Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) to stave off the deadly Ebola virus. After a more than three hour emergency summit in the capital of this oil-rich Caribbean nation, the regional leaders said the Caribbean Public Health ...

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Netflix a threat to cable, satellite operators, experts say

Miami, Nov 4 (EFE).- Netflix’s offer of pay-per-view video and movie streaming via Internet is a threat to the $27 billion-a-year cable and satellite television business in Latin America, according to industry executives and insiders gathered in Miami. What is at stake, Dataxis Latin American Vice President Ariel Barlaro told Efe, is who will dominate a regional market that currently ...

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Ramotar to call General elections if opposition pushes no-confidence motion; Local Govt elections possibly next year

Guyana’s President, Donald Ramotar Tuesday night announced that general and regional elections would be held soon if the opposition refuses to deal with important national issues on the parliamentary agenda when the National Assembly resumes sittings on Monday and instead pushes ahead with its no-confidence motion. “I disclose these, my intentions, on the assumption that the post recess sittings of ...

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Apologetic Attorney General denies knowledge of planned attack on media

In the wake of mounting pressure for Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandall to resign over remarks he purportedly made in a telephone conversation, he Tuesday denied being aware of a planned armed attack on the privately-owned Kaieteur News newspaper. “I wish to state clearly and unequivocally, that I am unaware of any planned violence or ...

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Gang shootout leaves 1 dead, 13 wounded in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 3 (EFE).- One person was killed and 13 others wounded in a shootout early Monday inside a nightclub in Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, officials said. The shootout started when members of rival gangs encountered each other during a funk event at the popular Stuttgart Danceteria club in Porto Alegre, ...

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Ebola can thaw US-Cuba relations

Cooperation between Washington and Havana on the deadly Ebola Virus can potentially help to thaw relations between the United States and Canada. Earlier this month, a delegation from the United States Centers for Disease Control or CDC participated in high-level talks in Havana on how best to keep the disease at bay. Held under the auspices of the ALBA initiative, ...

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St. Lucia says pact with university will improve food security

San Juan, Nov 3 (EFE).- The government of St. Lucia will sign a memorandum of understanding with a university in Barbados to collaborate on projects of food security, biodiversity and exploration of natural resources. The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology said in a statement that the goal of the agreement is to develop cooperation with the Center ...

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Food prices in Latin America, Caribbean rise 1.2 pct in September

Santiago, Nov 3 (EFE).- The inflation of food prices in Latin America and the Caribbean rose 1.2 percent last September, 0.4 percent more than in August and one of the highest rates for any category in 2014, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, reported Monday. In its monthly report on prices, the FAO said that the price ...

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Britain pursuing closer economic ties with Cuba

Havana, Cuba (EFE).- Britain’s government said here Friday it is seeking to strengthen bilateral ties withCuba, particularly in the trade and investment area, within the framework of the European Union’s renewed interest in the island and the entire Latin American region. Hugo Swire, a minister of state for Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, made the remarks in the Cuban capital, ...

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Bahamas: Arrest of 76 migrants unconnected to new law

San Juan, Nov 3 (EFE).- Bahamian authorities said that the arrest over the weekend of 76 undocumented migrants was not connected with a new, stricter immigration law that took effect Nov. 1. The weekend detentions were a “routinary interdiction,” Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said in remarks cited Monday by TheBahamasWeekly. “From the time I became minister, there ...

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