The View From Europe: PetroCaribe, sanctions and collateral damage
By David Jessop From Barbados Advocate AS this is being written, an uneasy calm prevails in Haiti following nearly two weeks of widespread demonstrations against the Government of President Jovenal Moïse. Protesters had been demanding his resignation, blocking roads, burning…
DOJ Official: Mueller won’t submit Report next week
From Newsmax Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not deliver his long-awaited report next week on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, said a senior U.S. Justice Department official on Friday, amid expectations that Mueller’s report was imminent. “Any reports…
David Jessop | Private sector needs unified, external voice
By David Jessop From Jamaica Gleaner Caribbean private sector organisations are important. They like the media, academia and non-governmental organisations are central to the retention of plurality in the region. Until quite recently, such business associations in addition to their…
US: McCabe reveals why he ordered Trump obstruction probe
By Jeffrey Rodack From Newsmax Andrew McCabe, the former acting director of the FBI, said he ordered obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations involving Donald Trump and his ties to Russia, shortly after the president fired James Comey as director…
Cayman Islands Governor Roper speaks at Prayer Breakfast
Honourable Premier, Honourable Speaker, Ministers, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen First let me thank the Honourable Speaker for inviting me to this parliamentary prayer breakfast. Could I thank everyone for the wishes and congratulations I have received since confirming publicly…
The Stalin of the Caribbean: how Nicolás Maduro betrayed the Venezuelan revolution
By George Eaton From newstatesman Faed with a dystopian economy, the president is resorting to ever more repressive means to maintain control. In 2014 the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, a fan of John Lennon and Led Zeppelin, declared: “Our side is…
Man sentenced to 65 months in prison over phone ‘cloning’ scheme
By Jon Fingas From engadget The feds are winding down a bust for an international calling ring. The US is tying loose ends on an elaborate cellphone crime spree. A Florida judge has sentenced Braulio De la Cruz Vasquez to 65 months…
Nastya Rybka: ‘Sex training course’ model released
From BBC A Belarusian model deported from Thailand for leading a “sex training seminar” has been released by Russian police. Nastya Rybka was arrested in Moscow last week while travelling from Thailand for Belarus. Russian authorities said she remains a suspect…
Russian rescue amid deadly blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea
From BBC At least 10 people have died in a fire involving two Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, authorities say. Russian rescuers are trying to reach sailors who jumped overboard. Fourteen people have so…
The Editor speaks:Why the silence on Putin’s bombers in the Caribbean?
We have published recently two articles/Opinions regarding Russian president Vladimir Putin, both written by columnist Jolly Green. Please see: “OPINION: The Man who thinks he is GOD” published January 7 2019 at: http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/opinion-the-man-who-thinks-he-is-god/ “OPINION: Rambo Putin Pupitizes Maduro and the…