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UNITED STATES-CRIME -Potentially damning evidence found against ex-football star accused of killing Antiguan-born semi-professional

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 4, CMC – The police say they have found potentially damning evidence allegedly linking ex-National Football (NFL) star Aaron Hernandez in the execution-style murder of Antiguan-born, semi-professional football player, Odin Lloyd.
On Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police released a 36-page summary of returns from a search warrant it executed at an apartment maintained by the former Patriots tight-end, detailing the .45-caliber ammunition collected as evidence in the ongoing homicide investigation.

UNITED STATES- MIGRATION -US Coast Guard repatriates Cuban migrants

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 37 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba.
On Wedneday, the Coast Guard said crewmembers aboard the cutter Margaret Norvell repatriated the Cubans the day before “as a result of four separate interdiction cases.”
Between June 26 and 29, Coast Guard crewmembers worked alongside US Customs and Border Protection agents to “stop the illegal immigration of Cuban migrants into the United States.

CARIBBEAN-TRANSPORTATION : Case study competition on road safety launched

WASHINGTON, CMC – With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Training Centre for Local Actors and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (CIFAL-UNITAR) have launched the first case study competition on road safety for universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-OAS says drug problem affects “pillar of development” in the Caribbean

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, says that the drug problem affects the “pillars of development” in Latin America and Caribbean.

In presenting a report here on the drug problem in the region, to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Insulza underscored what he described as a fact that “violence is what most worries the population in terms of drugs.

CARIBBEAN-DRUGS-INTERPOL led operation seizes drugs in Caribbean

LYON, France, CMC – The world’s largest international police organization, known as INTERPOL, says nearly 30 tonnes of cocaine, heroin and marijuana with an estimated value of US$ 822 million have been seized in an operation targeting the maritime trafficking of drugs and illicit firearms by organized crime groups across Central America and the Caribbean.

CARIBBEAN-DEVELOPMENT- Forum urges enhanced skills training in kick-starting growth in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, CMC - A World Bank-backed forum has called for improved skills training, revitalize investments and increase connectivity “both physical and virtual “ in kick-starting growth in the Caribbean.

The Washington-based financial institution said that was the message from a mix of local business people, civil society and ministers from across the region, known as Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF), a joint initiative by the Compete Caribbean Program, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Caribbean Development Bank.

Lloyd: Sammy should not have been removed as ODI skipper

TORONTO – Former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd says Darren Sammy should not have been relieved of his duties as skipper of the regional side for One-Day International matches. Sammy, who has been retained as captain of the Twenty20 and Test teams, was removed as leader of the ODI squad and replaced by Dwayne Bravo, who captained the side in the just ended ICC Champions Trophy.

UN calls for “action on all fronts to end scourge” of human trafficking

VIENNA, Austria, CMC - A week after the United States assailed some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments for not doing enough in addressing human trafficking, the United Nations has called for “action on all fronts to end the scourge”.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is urging all partners, governments, the private sector, civil society, the media, and ordinary citizens to help fight human trafficking.

Responding to Protests, Brazil’s Leader Proposes Changes to System

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil proposed a series of bold changes to the country’s political system on Monday, including convening a constituent assembly apparently aimed at overhauling Congress and campaign-finance methods, in an effort to assuage the concerns of protesters who have stunned the nation this month with their anti-establishment demonstrations.

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