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  • Marlene McDonald, has been kicked out of the Cabinet

    TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2016/03/20 Six months into his new government, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has fired his Housing and Urban Development Minister Marlene McDonald following reports that she hired her common-law husband and his brother at her constituency office, in breach of Parliament rules. He announced in a statement last night that McDonald has been restored by Randall Mitchell who was before Public Government Minister. That responsibility has been passed on to Communication Minister Maxie Cuffie.

  • Elections only way to stability in Haiti

    HAITI, 2016/03/20 A protracted political crisis in Haiti may hamper the stabilization gains completed in recent year and further decline the island country’s economic increase, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council yesterday. Briefing the Council, the Appropriate Representative of the Secretary-General and chief of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Sandra Honoré, said the next few weeks would be decisive for the short and mid-term prospects for Haiti’s democratic consolidation. “There is therefore no alternative to the return, as any minute at this time as possible, to the path of institutional and political stability, through the completion of the pending elections,” she said.

  • The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza,

    AMERICAS, 2013/05/31 The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, plans to finish his term as chief of the organisation. In an interview with El Pais (Madrid), the Chilean socialist political veteran has said that he still has two additional years as chief of the OAS thus quelling rumours about his resignation.

  • HAITI TO BECOME MEMBER OF AFRICAN UNION

    HAITI, 2013/01/07 If amount goes as planned, Haiti, yes North America’s Haiti, will become the new member of the African Union sometime in January. Haiti and Africa share a sense of history, and African nations stepped up in the wake of Haiti’s earthquake, which has led some to conclude the time is right to formalize their ties. The African Union has 54 member states — amount of them are located on the African continent. But as early as January, that could change.

  • Cuba President Welcomes Bolivian Counterpart

    CUBA, 2012/12/28  President of Cuba, Raul Castro, on Sunday welcomed in this capital his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales. The president of the Plurinational National of Bolivia traveled to Havana to express support for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, says an article published in the newspaper Juventud Rebelde. During the conference , Raul Castro and Morales exchanged on the excellent national of bilateral relations and other current international issues, the statement said.
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