Avellon Williams CARACAS – Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, slammed U.S. licenses that restrict cash payments to his administration by companies doing business with sanctioned Venezuelan state firms. The U.S. and European governments last year authorized US and European firms to resume taking Venezuelan crude oil on the condition that no funds be paid to Venezuela. […]
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Avellon Williams JAMAICA- In connection with a proposed multinational deployment of security assistance, Jamaica’s prime minister said his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti. U.N. special envoy for Haiti Helen La Lime said last week that she hoped the U.N. Security Council would deal “positively” with Haiti’s request for international armed […]
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Avellon Williams ABUJA, NIGERIA- Business groups and experts say Nigeria’s push to replace its paper money with new notes has caused a cash shortage, preventing people from buying what they need and forcing businesses to close down. In Africa’s largest economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria says the redesigned 200 (43 cent) and 500 ($1.08) notes […]
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Avellon Williams NIGERIA- Nigeria now has Starlink, according to SpaceX. In a tweet on Monday, the Elon Musk-owned firm confirmed Nigeria was its first African customer. The company tweeted, “Starlink is now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service.” With Starlink Internet services, Nigeria becomes the 47th country in the world. It aims to provide high-speed internet […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- After a legal challenge from Florida’s governor and those of 19 other Republican-led states, the head of the Department of Homeland Security defended the parole process that allows up to 30,000 Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans a month to come to the United States. During a press conference at Little Haiti […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- The ‘Kraze Baryè’ gang destroyed the Pernier sub-police station in Haiti using heavy machinery after it had been abandoned since last Thursday after police officers protested the killing of six of their colleagues at Liancourt Police Station by another criminal gang. As a result of the gang’s destruction over the weekend, the police station is […]
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Avellon Williams PARIS- France’s prime minister insisted Sunday the government’s plan to raise the retirement age is “no longer negotiable,” further infuriating parliamentary opponents and unions who are planning mass protests and disruptive strikes this week. One of the flagship measures of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term is raising the pension age. In the past month, […]
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Avellon Williams ANTIGUA & BARBUDA- In the coming month, nine Antigua and Barbuda scholarship students will begin face-to-face learning in the People’s Republic of China after a two-year break. According to Zuriel Lackna, a first-year Architecture student at Beijing Jiaotong University, most Antiguans and Barbudans have settled successfully and are pursuing their first-year language studies. While in Antigua, a few students, […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – Haitian police officers protested the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation by blocking streets and forcing their way into the country’s main airport on Thursday. According to Reuters, protesters wearing civilian clothing attacked Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s official residence and then flooded the airport […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Trinidad and Tobago has been granted a license to develop a major gas field located in Venezuelan territorial waters, the Biden administration said on Tuesday (24 January), easing some sanctions on the island nation of Venezuela. Trinidad is now able to do business related to the Dragon gas field with Venezuela’s […]
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