[caption id="attachment_6495" align="alignleft" width="300"] President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro[/caption] CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas on Thursday Maduro begins a new term that critics dismiss as illegitimate, with the economy in free fall and the country more isolated than ever. The 56-year-old leader will be sworn...
[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Compulsory acquisition is one of the measures being considered by the Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, as he continues to demand that the owners of Scotiabank revisit the sale of the Antigua branch to Republic Financial...
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (AP) — Two Connecticut teenagers charged in the killing of a 12-year-old boy were driving around hunting for a member of a rival street gang, according to newly released court documents. Tajay Chambers, 18, was presented in Superior Court on murder and other charges...
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The Dominica Government says it intends to start construction of a geothermal energy power plant by the third quarter of 2019. Energy Minister Ian Douglas said that the plant to be constructed in the Roseau Valley, on the outskirts of the capital,...
Russia has announced plans to set up its first ever military base in the Caribbean after striking a deal with cash-strapped Venezuela. The state-sponsored TASS news agency reported that Russian experts had selected the island of La Orchila, 125 miles northeast of Caracas, as a possible...