MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — A nationwide strike in Nicaragua on Thursday comes after two months of escalating crisis in which a government crackdown on mass protests has left more than 150 people dead. The protests, first sparked by since-aborted pension reforms, quickly broadened into a rejection...
Mavado is claiming his son is innocent, according to the deejay's attorney Tamika Harris. She is representing the 16-year-old who is charged with conspiracy to murder, arson, shooting with intent, as well as illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. As he is a minor, the teen's...
[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Prime Minister Gaston Browne said had the prison superintendent not moved to reduce the one year sentence of convicted U.S. visitor Shannon Martinez and sought her release, Antigua and Barbuda would have had “a diplomatic...
A Caribbean country is pushing ahead with a medical marijuana unit while another says it will look at loosening the laws on the drug. Jamaica seems to be following the lead of Canada and many US states in pursuing legal growth of the medical marijuana sector. Jamaica’s...
Over six dozen Caribbean and Latin American immigrants could soon be sent packing out of the US after they were nabbed and placed in detention last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in New Jersey. Seventy-four of the immigrants arrested in the operation...