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June 6, 2010

International Women’s Day Celebrates Progress

Women all across Latin America and the Caribbean joined the recent global celebration of International Women’s Day in March for a day of reflection and commemoration, highlighting the huge strides made in the region towards ending gender discrimination and inequality. Nearly every country in Latin America has currently signed onto international or regional treaties whose focus is equality and non-discrimination. And all the countries have established institutions promoting equality of the sexes.

June 6, 2010

Venezuela’s Petrocaribe Programme is Critical to Many Caribbean Nations

Over the past three years, the 14 Caribbean countries that signed the Petrocaribe agreement have received between 120,000 and 140,000 barrels of oil per day from Venezuela on preferential terms. One BBC report noted that Petrocaribe assistance to Caribbean nations (other than Trinidad and Barbados) is vital as it has saved the region from experiencing an economic crisis.

March 19, 2010

Broad Acceptance Eludes New Honduran Government

Porfirio Lobo was sworn in as president of Honduras on the Wednesday that would have been deposed former President Manuel Zelaya’s final day in office. Riding in a convoy that included Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and newly elected Honduran President Lobo, Mr. Zelaya was escorted from the Brazilian embassy where he sought politcal asylum and was ‘confined’for four months after returning to his homeland to seek reinstatement.

Porfirio Lobo was sworn in as president of Honduras on the Wednesday that would have been deposed former President Manuel Zelaya’s final day in office. Riding in a convoy that included Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and newly elected Honduran President Lobo, Mr. Zelaya was escorted from the Brazilian embassy where he sought politcal asylum and was ‘confined’for four months after returning to his homeland to seek reinstatement. “We’ll be back,” Mr.

February 11, 2010

Honduras Elections Fail to Quell Political Controversy

The defacto regime led by Roberto Michelleti rejected numerous attempts by the international community to restore ‘democracy’ to the politically embroiled nation, by permitting deposed president Maneul Zalaya to finish out his term of office, which would have ended last month. International reactions to the presidential elections in Honduras remain divided.

Political affairs in Honduras remain in a state of unresolve despite the elections held in November that boosted millionaire rancher and Honduran National Party member Porfirio Lobo Sosa into the presidential seat. The defacto regime led by Roberto Michelleti rejected numerous attempts by the international community to restore ‘democracy’ to the politically embroiled nation, by permitting deposed president Maneul Zalaya to finish out his term of office, which would have ended last month.

January 7, 2010

Dominican-born Judge Wins State Supreme Court Seat in New York

New York.- Dominican-born judge Diccia Pineda-Kirwan won a bench in the New York State Supreme Court, according to preliminary tallies of the recent local elections in the United States. She is the only woman of Latino background of the six competitors for the bench from Queens-the State’s 11th Judicial District, to win the balloting for the 14-year term. Judge Pineda-Kirwan is currently seated in the New York City civil Court of Queens County. She graduated from the City University of New York (CUNY), Queens County.