Stories for May 2022

Monday, May 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Puebla Group supports Caricom-sponsored boycott to Summit of the Americas

Leaders of the Puebla Group have expressed their support to Caricom's petition not to be sidelined from the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be held in Los Angeles in June.
Monday, May 9th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Death toll in Havana hotel blast rises to 32

Cuban authorities have updated the number of victims of the Saratoga Hotel explosion in Havana raising the number of injured people to 80 and to 32 the number of deaths, according to local Red Cross sources.
Monday, May 9th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Labour has a five-point lead over Conservatives following local elections

With most local votes now counted across England, it appears that Labour have achieved their best overall win in ten plus years, points out Politco.
Monday, May 9th 2022 - 08:19 UTC
New Hong Kong chief executive wins solo electoral race

Chinese authorities Sunday confirmed the appointment of John Lee Ka-Chiu, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on the emerging democracy movement, has been voted as Hong Kong's new leader today, becoming the city's sixth chief executive (governor) since the return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Venezuela's inflation for April 2022 stands at 4.4%

Venezuela's Central Bank Friday reported April's inflation had reached 4.4% in April, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The new figures were significantly higher than the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) recorded in March but still notoriously better than 24.% from April 2021.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:44 UTC
Booming beef industry and exports for Brazilian company

One of the largest beef companies in the world with operations in several continents presented its financial results for the first quarter of 2022. Brazil's Marfrig net revenue was 22.3 billion reais, up 29.6% year-on-year. Adjusted Ebitda reached 2.7 billion reais in 1Q22, up 60.9%, and the adjusted Ebitda margin was 12.3%.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:27 UTC
Bolsonaro makes trip to Guyana to expand business opportunities

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his Guyana counterpart Mohamed Irfaan Ali signed a series of cooperation agreements on mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters in Georgetown.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Gulf Clan lashes back at Colombian society to defend their leader

Around a dozen, vehicles were burned, and businesses and schools were closed as fear gripped ordinary Colombians in various parts of the country as they came across threatening pamphlets warning of an “armed strike” by the Gulf Clan in retaliation for Otoniel's extradition.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
New lineage of Omicron variant circulating in Peru

Peru's Health Ministry officials reported this week the finding of a new lineage of the SARS.CoV-2 Omicron variant called BA.1.22.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Biden picks African-American woman as his new spokesperson

US President Joseph Biden has picked Karine Jean-Pierre to pick up the baton as White House Spokeswoman later this month following Jen Psaki's departure.