Caribbean NEWS Headlines

CNN: Venezuela Accuses US Military Plane of “Airspace Incursion”

Venezuelan Defense Minister Gen. Gustavo Rangel Briceno said the U.S. Navy plane was detected in Venezuelan airspace Saturday near the Caribbean island of La Orchila and the plane was contacted by radio.

CNN: Cuba Accuses US Diplomat in Havana of Carrying “Private Funds from American Groups Opposed to Fiden Castro to Dissidents in Cuba”

At a news conference, the officials presented a series of alleged e-mails they said were between the diplomat, Michael Parmly, and groups based in Miami, Florida, opposed to the communist government. The Cubans also played recordings of phone conversations allegedly involving other diplomats.

Caribbean Net News: Jamaica’s GDP Shows Growth of 0.7 per cent for 07/08

“The main sources of growth during the financial year were construction and installation, 5.1 per cent; finance and insurance services, 3.4 per cent; real estate and business services, 2.6 per cent; miscellaneous services, 2.6 per cent; and the distributive trade 2.2 per cent,” [Dr. Wesley Hughes, Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica] informed.

Caribbean Net News: Caribbean, Latin American and Europpean Nations Work to “Tighten Trade Ties”

The Lima Declaration reached on Friday called for trade ties among the regions to be solidified and backed calls for a successful conclusion of global trade talks. Still, Bolivian President Evo Morales said it was too early to move forward on a free-trade accord between the European Union and the Andean Community, made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.