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Patriarchy Out of Control: Violence Against Women in Latin America and Caribbean Beyond the Statistics

Patriarchy Out of Control: Violence Against Women in Latin America and Caribbean Beyond the Statistics

by Lady Michelle-Jennifer Santos, Founder & Publisher February 23, 2013 (TSR) - Intimate partner and sexual violence against women is widespread in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, according…

Jamaica breaks ground on Red Mud rare-earth project with Japanese company

Jamaica breaks ground on Red Mud rare-earth project with Japanese company

February 5, 2013 (TSR) - Jamaican Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the red mud project provides Jamaica with an opportunity to significantly boost its export earnings.…

Cuba to Host World Conference on Wind Power

Cuba to Host World Conference on Wind Power

January 3, 2012 (TSR) - Cuba will be the venue in June of the World Conference on Wind Power, in which professionals from around the globe will analyze the challenges…

How Human Rights Can Save Haiti

How Human Rights Can Save Haiti

by Fran Quigly, Director of International Human Rights track and Senior Advisor, IU Center for Global Health January 2, 2013 (TSR) - Last month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced…

Choke Point Threat? Asian shipowners denounce toll increases in the Panama Canal

Choke Point Threat? Asian shipowners denounce toll increases in the Panama Canal

July 13, 2012 (TSR) - Asian shipowners have lobbied the Panama Canal Authority to withdraw any increase in the canal’s toll fee in 2012 and 2013, according to a copy of…

Haiti: Two Years Later

Haiti: Two Years Later

Jan. 14, 2012 (TSR) - As many as 300,000 or more died. Many others were injured. Impoverished Haitians enduring crushing hardships lost everything, including loved ones. Two years later, relief efforts…

‘I think time come’: Jamaica to ditch Queen as official Head of State as new PM vows to sever colonial-era links with Britain

‘I think time come’: Jamaica to ditch Queen as official Head of State as new PM vows to sever colonial-era links with Britain

Kingston, Jan. 10, 2012 (TSR) - Jamaica’s new prime minister has been sworn in - and immediately vowed to ditch the Queen as her country’s official Head of State. Portia Simpson…

“Time out” on the promises of European Union Partnership

“Time out” on the promises of European Union Partnership

In October 2008, when the 15 member countries of CARIFORUM (CF) individually signed a full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the collective European Union (EU) of 27 countries, much was…

Brazil to join Guyana and Suriname in Islamic bloc

Brazil to join Guyana and Suriname in Islamic bloc

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — South America’s largest nation and home to a large Arab Diaspora, Brazil is seeking observer membership in the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). Sergio Luiz Canaes,…

Fidel Castro happy with Cuba direction and hints resignation

Fidel Castro happy with Cuba direction and hints resignation

HAVANA, Cuba. November 19, 2010 (AFP): Cuban leader Fidel Castro has suggested he may resign as Communist Party chief, his last leadership post, as he praised his brother Raul’s management of the…

Cholera spreads in Haiti

The deadly Cholera outbreak in Haiti has spread to the country’s capital Port-au-Prince, with scores of cases confirmed and numerous suspected deaths reported. The waterborne disease, which thrives in unsanitary…