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The state accused Colombian Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, who led a Guatemalan anti-corruption unit, of committing illegal acts; Colombian President Gustavo Petro has rejected any arrest warrants, thus rising political tensions between the 2 countries

After the government accused the US of being “criminals” due to its sanctions against the country, the US sent an official message to President Nicolás Maduro stating that no sanctions will be removed unless concrete steps towards a democracy are taken

A new group of eight scholarship holders from St. Kitts and Nevis will travel to Cuba at the end of January for university studies under the government's education cooperation programme

National Committee for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of Saint Lucia held its leadership and membership training workshop at the University of Southern Caribbean

In 2023 and 2024, chicken, rice and other goods of great importance to the Dominican population, will enter further tariff reduction processes

Local Rastafarian community will receive funding from PM Dickon Mitchell and the Democratic National Congress administration following a pledge to give them a prominent place in the plan to commercialise the medical marijuana industry

Chants of "Justice for Seage" resounded on the perimeter walls of the Central Police Station, Kingstown, when some residents of Rose Place and surrounding areas staged an action protesting the police killing of one of their own

The Delices community has plunged into a state of mourning as one of its members is the unfortunate victim of Dominica's first road accident for 2023

To celebrate the African heritage of Fernando de la Mora City, its afro-descendants held a festival in honour of Saint Balthazar with ancestral traditions and educational workshops on Paraguay-African culture and history

Along with the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, the country signed a roadmap for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, cooperating in the applications of nuclear technologies in the fields of medicine, hydraulic, geothermal and wind energy

Two Haitians, a former member of parliament and a businessman, have been banned from entering Canada or undertaking any financial dealings in the country over fears of former illicit activities

The Government will move with speed and alacrity to transform Jamaica into a republic, said Prime Minister, Andrew Holness