News

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 6 (EFE).- The Munduruku Indians have begun marking their ancestral lands in the Amazon region on their own, tired of waiting for the Brazilian government to get around to protecting the territory, indigenous sources said Thursday. The area claimed by the Indians, called the Sawre Muybu, is a jungle zone 178,000 hectares (about 700 square miles) ...

San Juan, Nov 6 (EFE).- Britain’s Cable & Wireless Communications PLC plans to buy Barbados-based Columbus International Inc. for $1.85 billion in order to increase its presence in the Caribbean region, CWC said Thursday.Besides paying $1.85 billion in cash and CWC shares, the purchaser will assume Colombus’ $1.17 billion in debt, according to a statement.Columbus is a multinational telecommunications and ...

Even as Guyana’s opposition prepares to commence debate on the no-confidence motion on Monday, President Donald Ramotar could end up running the country without the National Assembly for as much as nine months if he suspends the current parliamentary session. The no-confidence motion, to be moved by Alliance For Change parliamentarian Moses Nagamootoo, is listed at number 11 on the ...

Havana, Nov 5 (EFE).- The first investment projects in the Mariel Special Development Zone, or ZEDM, the first of its kind in Cuba, will kick off later this year or in early 2015 in sectors including food-processing and renewable energy, the Communist Party daily Granma reported Wednesday.The announcement of investment plans for the port and trade zone, located in the ...

San Juan, Nov 5 (EFE).- Caribbean Community health representatives participated Wednesday in a communications workshop in Barbados about the threat of possible Ebola cases in the region, which has remained free of the disease so far.Health-care and communications professional from CARICOM member-states gathered to learn skills and strategies to better communicate regarding Ebola, influenza, dengue fever and Chikungunya.The workshop, which ...

Caricom is paying keen attention to the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq that has been attracting persons from the Caribbean to join their band of fighters. For instance, more than 50 persons from Trinidad and Tobago have reportedly travelled to Syria to fight for ISIS.  Some reports say that foreign fighters are being paid about US$1,000 per day. Trinidad ...

Sao Paulo, Nov 5 (EFE).- Bus drivers protesting against the torching of their vehicles during street demonstrations left commuters stranded for several hours Wednesday here in Brazil’s largest city. Drivers halted work between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and used their vehicles to blockade Sao Paulo’s 29 bus stations, snarling traffic. The buses carry around 1 million passengers a day, ...

San Juan, Nov 5 (EFE).- Several Caribbean islands will share a 20-million-euro (US$25-million) grant from the European Union to strengthen their national disaster-management programs. The funding will be disbursed over the next five years, the Antigua and Barbuda Government said Wednesday in a statement. It is expected the EU aid will be used to strengthen critical infrastructure to make it ...

Dominicans will go to the polls on December 8, 2014. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt made the announcement Wednesday afternoon in address to the nation. He said that he has advised the President to dissolve the Parliament immediately. Nomination Day will be November 19. Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party (DLP) will be coming up against the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) led by ...

Havana, Nov 4 (EFE).-Cuba is seeking to attract US$8.7 billion in foreign investment with a list of 246 already approved projects in sectors including energy, tourism, agriculture and industry.Foreign Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca opened the 32 Havana business fair with a presentation of the “portfolio of opportunities for foreign investment,” another step by the Communist-ruled island to attract foreign capital as ...