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Brian Lara in Manchester, England, April 2006. Photo by Georgia Popplewell, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED). Thirty years ago, at about a quarter to noon on April 18 1994, young Trinidadian cricketer Brian Lara, quickly garnering a reputation for his skill as a left-handed batsman, was in the crease at the Antigua Recreation Ground. The West Indies were playing a Test series against England. Chris Lewis bowled short, and with one whooping crack of his bat, Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers’ record of the most runs in a Test match — 365 against Pakistan in Jamaica in 1958 — by playing the ball all the way ...
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Caracas (AFP) - Le président du Venezuela Nicolas Maduro a dénoncé mercredi l'installation de "bases militaires secrètes" des Etats-Unis dans l'Essequibo, territoire riche en pétrole administré par le Guyana voisin et revendiqué par Caracas. "Nous avons des informations vérifiées selon lesquelles des bases militaires secrètes du Commandement Sud (des Etats-Unis), des cellules du Commandement Sud et des cellules de la CIA ont été installées" dans l'Essequibo, "temporairement administré par le Guyana", a-t-il déclaré. Ces bases, selon M. Maduro, ont été conçues "pour préparer des agressions (......
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Feature image via Canva Pro. On March 11, as the security crisis in Haiti worsened, a High-Level Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) — of which Haiti is a part — took place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. At the late evening closing press conference, current CARICOM Chair Irfan Ali broke the news that many suspected was inevitable under the current circumstances: “We acknowledge the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry upon the establishment of a Presidential Council, and the naming of an interim prime minister.” According to Ali, this transitional Presidential Council ...
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Caracas (AFP) - A Guyanese army helicopter with seven people on board was reported missing Wednesday near the border with Venezuela, an official said, as tensions between the two neighbors soar over a disputed oil-rich territory. Guyanese Army Chief of Staff Omar Khan told a press conference that contact had been lost with the helicopter shortly after takeoff in bad weather, adding he had "no information to suggest that" Venezuela had been involved. The report of the missing aircraft added to a fast-escalating border feud over the oil-rich Essequibo region, controlled by Guyana for more than a...
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Washington (AFP) - The White House expressed concern Wednesday at mounting tensions between Venezuela and Guyana over a disputed, oil-rich border region, saying it wants them to avoid any "violence" or "conflict." "It's concerning, we're watching this very, very, very closely," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters when asked about the situation between the neighboring countries. "We obviously don't want to see any violence occur here or conflict occur." Venezuela held a controversial referendum on Sunday on the fate of the Essequibo region -- or Esequiba as it is known...
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Washington (AFP) - Mike Pompeo on Thursday becomes the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations.The stops come at the start of a three-day tour that will also take Pompeo to Colombia and the Amazonian border areas of Brazil, part of his campaign to highlight the economic devastation in Nicolas Maduro's Venezuela.Pompeo will meet freshly elected leaders in Guyana and Suriname, which are also being courted by China as the two nations -- underdeveloped and with sharp ethnic faultlines -- seek a...
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