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The U.S. Government Issues Travel Alert for French Guiana

Published 28 March 2017

Demonstrators hold hands during a meeting organized by education unions in front of the local education authority offices on March 27, 2017 in Cayenne, as part of general strikes on the French overseas territory of French Guiana. French Guiana was paralysed by a general strike on March 27, closing schools, disrupting airline traffic and further stoking fears of instability in the French overseas territory which has been gripped by protests since last week. (Photo credit: JODY AMIET/AFP/Getty Images)

By NAN Contributor

News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Mar. 28, 2017: The U.S. is warning its citizens against travel to a Caribbean nation that rarely ever makes it on to the State Department’s travel alert list.

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MINISTER GRANT ATTENDS FIRST COMMONWEALTH TRADE MINISTERS MEETING

Published 27 March 2017

London, UK. Minister Grant arrived in London, England to participate in the first Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting.

The Ministerial Meeting organised by the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council brings together Trade Ministers from across the Commonwealth over a four-day period to discuss harnessing the Commonwealth advantage in a changing global trade landscape.

Minsters are also expected to explore how they can leverage opportunities and address challenges to intra-Commonwealth trade and investment and to look at preparations for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled for London in 2018.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Mark Brantley meets with Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs

March 27, 2017

The Honourable Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs met with His Excellency Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in the margins of the XXII ACS Ministerial Council which concluded yesterday, 10th March 2017 in Havana, Cuba. In their encounter, Minister Brantley offered expressions of condolence to Minister Rodriguez, the Government and people of Cuba on the passing of the Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro who was a towering revolutionary figure and a global champion for the poor.

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Prosecutors fight Cosby bid to question 2K potential jurors

Published 27 March 2017

POSTED 10:48 AM, MARCH 27, 2017, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

In a victory for Bill Cosby, a Pennsylvania judge Friday ordered that only one additional accuser will be allowed to testify in his upcoming criminal sexual assault trial to demonstrate the comedian’s alleged pattern of criminal conduct.

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Venezuelan President Asks UN For Help With Medical Supplies

Published 27 March 2017

CARACAS, Venezuela, Monday March 27, 2017 – In an unusual acknowledgement of his country’s desperate situation, President Nicolas Maduro has asked the United Nations to help address severe shortages of medicine and medical supplies in Venezuela.

“I have asked the United Nations to regularize the whole medicine issue. The United Nations has the most advanced plans to recover the pharmaceutical industry’s productive capacity,” the socialist leader said in a televised address.

With Venezuela mired in the fourth straight year of deep recession, acute shortages of food and many essential goods, including drugs and medical supplies, have become critical.