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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, pictured, broke off diplomatic …

photo(AFP/File) - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, pictured, broke off diplomatic relations with Colombia on July 22, one week after Colombia's outgoing President Alvaro Uribe accused Venezuela of harboring 1,500 leftist Colombian rebels in its territory, a charge Chavez has strongly denied.(AFP/File/Juan Barreto)


Caribbean News

New Barbados Ambassadors Named by admin

CaribWorldNews, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Fri. July 30, 2010: As Barbados gets ready for its Crop Over Celebrations this weekend, the country has named two new ambassadors to the U.N., Venezuela and Belgium. Two senior officers in the Public Service and a veteran Trade Unionist are Barbados` latest Ambassadors. Joseph Goddard is the new Permanent Representative to the United Nations while Samuel Chandler and Sandra Phillips as the new Ambassadors of Barbados to Belgium and Venezuela respectively. Ambassador Goddard has been a leader in the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and an active contributor to regional trade unionism for almost three decades. He is well known as a negotiator and committed... Read more »



Business

Mark Hemingway: Congressmen like Rangel are subject to a different standard – Washington Examiner


Mark Hemingway: Congressmen like Rangel are subject to a different standard
Washington Examiner
August 2008: The New York Post reports that Rangel's tax filings showed no income on his Caribbean villa, even though it was being rented out. ...

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Sports

Austin gets FIFA honour-news_sports —

A  Barbadian has been awarded FIFA's highest honour

Entertainment

Three new entrants in Big Brother

Three new contestants enter the Big Brother house after being selected by the current housemates.