By: Insight Crime September 5, 2023 As the 2024 presidential race gets underway in Venezuela, political violence by pro-government armed groups has intensified, in the latest iteration of a strategy…
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Plots Against President-Elect Marks Dark Turn in Guatemala’s Bitter Election
By: Insight Crime September 5, 2023 In a stunning and detailed declaration, a multilateral human rights body issued a resolution calling for the Guatemalan government to further protect the president-elect…
Remembering Mahdia: A Tribute to the Victims of the Mahdia Fire
September 5, 2023 On Sunday May 21, 2023 a horrific fire engulfed a school dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana, taking the lives of twenty (20) children (nineteen…
Bahamas next up for marijuana legalisation- but not for industrial hemp.
By: Staff Writer September 1, 2023 The Bahamas government released a compendium of bills that would transform cannabis use in The Bahamas from a strictly illegal activity to an industry…
Grenada Author Releases: PIVOT BECAUSE LIFE DOESN’T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED
September 1, 2023 Heather Dolland Taman, serial entrepreneur, author, speaker and life coach, announced the release of her groundbreaking new book, PIVOT BECAUSE LIFE DOESN’T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED. The book…
Honduran Mayor arrested- 90 tonnes of coke to US in under a decade!
By: Staff Writer August 29, 2023 A mayor in Honduras was arrested on drug trafficking charges for having sent 90 tonnes of cocaine to the US by boat and by…
Guatemala’s President-Elect Still Has 1 More Hurdle to Cross
By: Insight Crime August 29, 2023 An outsider candidate campaigning on an anti-corruption platform secured a landslide victory in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday, setting up a possible showdown between…
Venezuela’s Reliance on Contraband Food Risks Industry Collapse
By: Insight Crime August 29, 2023 Venezuela’s agriculture and drinks industries may be on the brink of collapse, business leaders warn, as domestic producers face insurmountable competition from a flood…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on the Situation in Guatemala
August 29, 2023 The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has become aware of Resolution SRC-R -3207-2023 issued by the General Directorate of the Registry of Citizens…
Panama Canal drought traps 200 plus ships!
By: Staff Writer August 25, 2023 The Panama Canal Drought has trapped over 200 ships in its muddy slush, some unable to move for over three weeks. Climate change is…
Gladstone Heirs to Apologize for Both Slavery and Indenture Tomorrow at the University of Guyana
August 25, 2023 The University of Guyana wishes to clarify that the apology it helped negotiate with the Gladstone heirs for Guyana includes slavery and indentureship since the particular ancestor…
Tropical Storm Franklin Impacting Travel in Caribbean
August 25, 2023 Airlines have issued travel waivers and cruise lines are altering itineraries as Tropical Storm Franklin moved through the Caribbean Sea toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where…