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Manning to recognise Cuba as 'family member'

Prime Minister Patrick Manning is expected to give an important "recognition" nod on Cuba today as a "family member" of the Caribbean-Latin America region.

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Mighty Sparrow headlines cultural show

The Calypso King of the World, Mighty Sparrow, will headline today's Summit of Culture taking place at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain.
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Chavez: Venezuela not US's backyard

The United States "must break away from the concept of viewing us as its backyard," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday
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Obama: Don't blame America

President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America's hemispheric neighbours yesterday, listening to complaints about past US meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela's leftist leader.
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Canada: Embargo up to US, Cuba

Although Canada feels that the US trade embargo against Cuba is not the way to go, its removal is ultimately a matter between Cuba and the United States, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday.
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Standoff with cops boosts protest

Riot police inadvertently ensured the success of an anti-summit event in St James Saturday afternoon. After they tried to stop the gathering, hundreds more people came out to support the demonstrators' right to protest.
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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 on leaders to be politically mature and not allow any one subject to cause discord, as he made reference to the contentious issue of the US trade embargo against Cuba.
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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 the Americas not to become "prisoners of past disagreements", but instead to look forward to a new beginning and to commit themselves to a new set of rules of engagement.
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Chavez to Obama: Let's be friends

"I want to be your friend," tough-talking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told US President Barack Obama yesterday, when both men came face to face minutes before the formal opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain.
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Man gets $100,000 bail for placard protest

An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards protesting the Fifth Summit of the Americas.