Archives for Friday, June 18, 2004:

Haitian premier proposes presidential elections for November 2005

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haitian Prime Minister, Gerard Latortue, said late Wednesday that the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the Caribbean Community had agreed to cooperate in Haiti's elections, and proposed November 2005 for the presidential vote... read more...

Argentina's Congress approves sending troops to Haiti

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP): Argentinean lawmakers late Wednesday approved President Nestor Kirchner's request to contribute 600 troops to the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti... read more...

Commission to monitor human rights in Cuba

MIAMI, USA (UPI): European and Latin American activists have joined with lawmakers to watch human rights abuses in Cuba, the Miami Herald reported Thursday... read more...

Jamaica to sign agreement with Royal Caribbean

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican Port Authority is soon to sign an agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises, that will guarantee the country a minimum of two million cruise passengers over five years and earnings of not less than US$16 million... read more...

Jamaican firm relinquishes Cuban resorts under pressure from US

WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): The U.S. State Department has invoked the Helms-Burton act against Jamaica’s SuperClubs Super-Inclusive Resorts... read more....

China opens embassy in Dominica

BEIJING, China (Xinhuanet): China opened its embassy in Dominica on Wednesday, three months after the two countries established diplomatic relations on March 23, according to reports from the Dominican capital, Roseau... read more...

Electoral reform remains on the agenda in St Kitts-Nevis

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has assured the people of the twin-island Federation that his St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party continues to discuss the issue of electoral reform... read more...

CSME can bring growth says IMF

LONDON, England: Speaking at a seminar co-hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago last weekend, director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere department, Anoop Singh revealed that the multilateral body is optimistic regarding the future of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME)... read more...

Castro, at 14, asked Roosevelt for 10 dollars

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): At the age of 14, Cuban leader Fidel Castro sent a letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking for 10 dollars, according to researchers... read more...

COMMENTARY

New Cuba "proclamation" by Bush outrages US sailing community

On February 26, 2004, President George W. Bush issued a proclamation, based partly on a "national emergency" declared in 1996 after the Cuban "shoot-down" incident that gives government officials the power to seize any vessel, at any time, anywhere in the territorial waters of the United States, if officials have any reason to believe "it may be used, or is susceptible of being used, for voyage into Cuban waters."... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Ireland stun West Indies with six-wicket win

BELFAST, N. Ireland (AFP): West Indies suffered a humiliating six-wicket defeat against minnows Ireland here Thursday as the amateurs added to their list of giant-killing exploits... read more...

World Cup 2006 CONCACAF qualifying result

KINGSTON, Canada (AFP): Result here Wednesday from the second leg of a World Cup 2006 CONCACAF qualifying series:
Canada 4 (Radzinski 45, De Rosario 63, 73, Brennan 85), Belize 0
(Canada advance 8-0 on aggregate)