PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela Monday agreed “to open diplomatic channels” in light of “recent events” as both countries “recognized the importance of the longstanding fraternal relationship as neighboring countries”.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus have denounced the President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants as protests continue in Los Angeles over his immigration policies.
CARACAS, Venezuela – The Venezuela government Friday expressed “its profound surprise at the irate and unjustified reaction” of the Trinidad and Tobago government in response to what it termed as “ a legitimate complaint” by President Nicolas Maduro about the attempts to overthrow his administration by mercenaries using Trinidad and Tobago.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has named Henry Wooster as the new ambassador to Haiti.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Two former high-ranking government officials have warned the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration to dial back on threats to use deadly force against unidentified vessels entering Trinidad and Tobago’s waters from Venezuela, with one describing the approach as “borderline insanity.”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it “will continue to work diligently” with the United States after US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a number of named Guyanese and foreign nationals as a result of continuing investigations into the use of Guyana as a place for transhipment of drugs to the North American country.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Opposition Leader, Pennelope Beckles is on the verge of becoming the first woman ever to head the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) after she was nominated unopposed for the position late Monday.
NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), allied organizations, and lawmakers have rallied at the New York State Capitol, urging the immediate passage of the New York For All Act before the end of the current legislative session.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday said it is “closely monitoring the situation” after Venezuela claimed that it had intercepted a number of hitmen among several others who had entered the South American country from Trinidad.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali will chair a High-Level Open Debate on “Poverty, Underdevelopment and Conflict: Implications for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security” as Guyana assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council on June 1 for a month.
WASHINGTON, DC – As outrage intensifies over United States President Donald J. Trump’s latest travel ban, the US Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Friday joined in strongly condemning the ban that bars people from 12 countries, including Haiti, from entering the US.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Minister Gaston Browne says he feels “fully vindicated” after a US federal court dismissed subpoenas issued against him, his family, senior officials, and private companies in Antigua and Barbuda.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Less than a month after she and her opposition colleagues walked out of the National Assembly, accusing Guyana's government of excluding them from the Venezuela border motion, Geeta Chandan-Edmond is backing President Irfaan Ali for another term as head of state.
