Archives for Monday, July 12, 2004:

Caribbean foreign ministers to visit Haiti Tuesday

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Five Caribbean foreign ministers are traveling to Haiti to meet with representatives of the US-backed interim administration on Tuesday, Guyana's Director General of Foreign Affairs, Elizabeth Harper, said Saturday... read more...

Industrial action at Cable & Wireless Grenada

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Close to 100 workers at Cable & Wireless Grenada have begun wearing red ribbons to protest against what they claim are attempts by the new chief executive Ian Blanchard to get rid of their bargaining agent... read more...

African, Caribbean, Pacific bloc seeks 'fully multilateral' global trade

GRAND BAY, Mauritius (AFP): Trade ministers from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries worked Saturday to hammer out a joint position on global trade to protect their mainly agriculture-based economies in hard-ball negotiations with the world's most powerful nations... read more...

Castro orders review of Cuba's military recruitment

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro has ordered a review of the Communist-ruled island's military recruitment practices following a drop in young recruits and amid the "real possibility" of foreign assault, the government announced Friday... read more...

Climate changes force Cuba to scramble to adapt agriculture

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Tropical storms and now drought that is gripping central and eastern Cuba have prompted authorities to rush to switch to heartier crops, Cuba's agriculture ministry said... read more...

One of US most-wanted alleged drug kingpins nabbed in Cuba

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP): One of Colombia's alleged drug kingpins most wanted by the United States, Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante, has been captured in Cuba, police said Friday... read more...

Peru troops to bolster UN force in Haiti

LIMA, Peru (AFP): Peru will send 196 troops to Haiti to bolster a UN stabilization force in the troubled Caribbean nation, government ministers decided Friday... read more...

Press freedom returns to Haiti

PARIS, France: Press freedom has dramatically improved in Haiti since the fall of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide earlier this year, a Reporters Without Borders fact-finding mission has said... read more...

Commentary: Trinidad’s dirty little secret

Trinidad, a country of 1.3 million people, along with its capital, Port-of-Spain, has been dubbed the “cultural capital of the Caribbean.”... read more...

TRAVEL  NEWS

No plans to close down Caribbean Star

COOLIDGE, Antigua: Chairman of the Stanford group of companies, R. Allen Stanford, has announced that there are no current plans for closure of Caribbean Star Airlines. This comment was made in response to recent public speculation... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Vettori sends Windies into final spin

LONDON, England (AFP): Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori took career-best one-day international figures of five for 30 as New Zealand beat the West Indies by 107 runs in the NatWest Series final at Lord's here Saturday... read more...

Brazil and Haiti plan tickets-for-arms friendly

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP): Brazil are planning an international friendly against Haiti next month to help reduce the number of unauthorised arms in circulation on the streets of the troubled Caribbean nation... read more...