(AP) — Here's a look at the status of marijuana laws in some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. ARGENTINA: Personal possession of marijuana was decriminalised under a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that jail time for small amounts of drugs violates Argentina's constitution. Although the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Carnival 2015 is on. Both Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas and National Security Minister Gary Griffith said on Wednesday there were no plans to cancel or postpone carnival celebrations 2015 despite the threat of Ebola. Both men also...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon has said reports of a sex scandal involving him and Nova Peris, Australia’s first indigenous Olympic gold medallist and senator, were a gross fabrication. The report, published in the Northern Territory (NT) News yesterday in Australia,...
AN Antiguan church minister is calling on authorities to put a ban on dancehall artiste Alkaline, who is scheduled to perform in that country on Saturday. According to the Antiguan Observer, Bishop Charlesworth Browne, head of Christian Ministries Church, said the artiste "will bring decadence and...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries Tuesday called on the United States to end the decades old trade and economic embargo against Cuba, saying that that for the past 54 years, Cubans have endured severe economic loss and stagnation. Barbados Permanent Representative...