FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS

Empire roundtable

We may get some early hints when Obama walks up to the podium at the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Tri...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

No discussion on Cuba trade, says Obama

United States President Barack Obama does not believe there needs to be any discussion of his country's 47-...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Security officials say Summit traffic disruptions will be "minimal'

Security officials at the National Secretariat have reiterated their commitment to minimise disruptions dur...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Commuters angry as summit dry run causes traffick gridlock

Citizens using the east-bound land of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway spent their Sunday-usually a quiet da...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Call: Summit should honor Eric Williams

The Fifth Summit of the Americas, which is to be held in this country two weeks, should be dedicated to Dr ...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Waiting in vain for Obama

Disappointment marked many faces of fans who, having for hours awaited the arrival of US President Barack O...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Chavez to Obama: Let's be friends

"I want to be your friend," tough-talking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told US President Barack Obama y...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Media mob Chavez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proved to be a highlight during the arrivals of the Heads of State/Governm...

TR

Manning sets the tone for Summit

Prime Minister Patrick Manning last night set the tone for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, when he called...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Man gets $100,000 bail for placard protest

An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards prote...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Obama to invest $30m to fight regional crime

In a 16-minute address punctuated by applause, United States President Barack Obama called on leaders of th...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Weekend 'curfew' for Piarco, Oropune villagers

Piarco and Oropune villagers will be involuntarily confined to their homes this weekend after the Summit Se...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Trinis flock to beaches for 'long weekend'

When the Heads of State/Government meet for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain this weekend,...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Michelle opts out of Summit

Many people were disappointed yesterday as news spread that US First Lady Michelle Obama would not be comin...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

T&T "anxious and ready"

"We are ready. We are anxious. But we are ready," Communications Coordinator Felipe Noguera said Thursday a...

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

Obama statement to Trinidad Express

By Barack Obama Thursday, April 16th 2009 As we approach the Summit of the Americas, our hemisphere...

Miami Children’s Hospital to get funding from 28-hour Univision telethon

South Florida children with cancer will benefit from money raised by a 28-hour Univision program aired last...

IN THE CAMPS

Judge: Searching Guantánamo detainees’ genitals impedes attorney meetings

A federal judge in Washington issued a sharply worded order that found guards’ searches of Guantá...

IN THE CAMPS

Guantánamo: 2 detainees quit hunger strike; calm in communal prison

cuba

Cuba’s ex-prisons chief — accused of human-rights abuses — is back in the U.S.

Former prisons chief Crescencio Marino Rivero left Miami for Cuba after half a dozen dissidents accused him...

HUNGER STRIKE

Feinstein, Durbin ask Obama to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings

Two leading Democratic senators on Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to order the Pentagon to stop rou...

Flights canceled due to Tropical Storm Chantal

Miami travelers heading to Haiti and the Dominican Republic will likely have to wait another day due to Tro...

Gallery owner seeks Cuba-Key West art swap

Key West gallery owner Nance Frank has launched a Web-based fundraising effort to pay for an artistic excha...

NSA

Amid growing spying scandal, US allies in region join chorus of discontent

Colombia, Chile and other longtime allies question alleged U.S. spying in Latin America.

HUNGER STRIKE

Rapper’s graphic video puts spotlight on Guantánamo forced-feeding at Ramadan

A London legal groups’s advocacy efforts expands with a video starring rapper Mos Def playing the role...

Confusion on Snowden acceptance of Venezuela offer

The WikiLeaks secret-spilling site on Tuesday said NSA leaker Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted ...

Snowden

Snowden reported to accept asylum in Venezuela, maybe

A Russian lawmaker close to the Kremlin tweeted Tuesday that NSA leaker Edward Snowden had accepted asylum ...

cuba

Cuba’s ex-prisons chief — accused of human-rights abuses — is back in the U.S.

Former prisons chief Crescencio Marino Rivero left Miami for Cuba after half a dozen dissidents accused him...

CUBA

Cuba’s food ration stores mark 50th anniversary

The ration card gives every Cuban a basic basket of food for less than $2 a month.

Gallery owner seeks Cuba-Key West art swap

Key West gallery owner Nance Frank has launched a Web-based fundraising effort to pay for an artistic excha...

CUBA

Ladies in White resign over alleged State Security infiltrator

Several members have quit the group over its refusal to expell an alleged infiltrator from State Security

Castro speech scolds islanders for bad behavior

Raul Castro spent the lion's share of a prominent speech Sunday scolding his countrymen for all kinds of ba...

CUBA

Cuban dissident picks up human rights prize in Europe — three years late

Guillermo Fariñas dedicates the Sakharov Prize to his mother, who saw him through his many hunger str...

In my opinion

Daniel Shoer Roth: U.S. gift to Cuban exiles abused

A walk on the beach to count my blessings led me to understand with greater clarity the polarized debate on...

CUBA

Report says Cuban economic growth hasn’t quickened despite reforms

The Council of Ministers got a report that Cuba’s economy will miss the goal of a 3.6 percent growt...

CUBA

U.S. says the number of visas issued in Havana increased significantly

The U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana says an increase in visa issued was due to stepped up interviews of ...

CUBA

US issues warning on driving in Cuba

The U.S. says reports suggest that highway crashes are the leading cause of accidental deaths in Cuba.

CUBA

Two groups of Cuban balseros arrive in Honduras and Cayman Islands

A boat carrying 32 Cubans was detained near Roatan and another with about 20 aboard docked in Cayman Islands.

Venezuela announces hard-currency auction

Venezuela's central bank says that on Friday it will begin selling dollars at auction for only the second t...

Snowden

Snowden reported to accept asylum in Venezuela, maybe

A Russian lawmaker close to the Kremlin tweeted Tuesday that NSA leaker Edward Snowden had accepted asylum ...

Confusion on Snowden acceptance of Venezuela offer

The WikiLeaks secret-spilling site on Tuesday said NSA leaker Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted ...

Venezuela confirms Snowden asylum request

Venezuela's president says that his country has received an asylum request from NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

Venezuela detects embezzlement from Chinese fund

Venezuela's president says that five officials with a development fund financed by China have been arrested...

Venezuela says no contact yet with Snowden

Venezuela's foreign minister says his country has not yet been in contact with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, d...

In Venezuelan capital, a 'plague' of motorcycles

Ronald Alvarez was driving in chaotic, bumper-to-bumper traffic when he heard a throaty buzz and insistent ...

Media

New television station aims at Venezuelan expats

Telecaribe Miami plans to debut on local digital broadcast television this summer.

Venezuela detains ex-governor in corruption case

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says a former governor from his ruling party has been detained on alle...

Latin America

A mixed year ahead for Latin American economies

Brazilian economist predicts Brazil will have to make big adjustments in its economic model.

Venezuela

Amid woes at home, Maduro meets with Pope Francis

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Pope Francis swept away years of tension between the administr...