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Colombian Who Aided In Delivery Of 1,355 Pounds Of Marijuana Gets 2.75 Years

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Columbian traveling in a go-fast boat with 1,355 pounds of marijuana off the Pacific coast of Columbia got 2.75 years in prison after his conviction as…

VI Free Press November 5, 2020

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Vincentian Sex Offender Who Hid In St. Thomas Is In Official Custody After Being Captured By U.S. Marshals

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Vincentian native who hid in St. Thomas to avoid his sentencing following a sexual assault conviction in 2010 has been captured and is now in the…

VI Free Press November 4, 2020

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Some 11.3 Million People in Latin America And The Caribbean Infected With COVID-19, 400,000 Deaths

BRASILIA — The death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean from the novel coronavirus rose to 422,102 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil, Mexico, Peru,…

VI Free Press November 3, 2020

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Eta Is Now A ‘Major Hurricane’ As It Barrels Towards Nicaragua, Honduras: NHC

MANAGUA — Eta, the slow-churning storm barreling towards the eastern coast of Central America, was upgraded to "a major hurricane" today, the National Hurricane Center said. It is now a…

VI Free Press November 2, 2020

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Gunmen Kill At Least 22 Students In Attack On Kabul University In Afghanistan

KABUL — Islamic State militants in Afghanistan stormed Kabul University today as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at…

VI Free Press November 2, 2020

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Caribbean States Need Urgent Help To Face High Debt Due To COVID-19: ECLAC

SANTIAGO, Chile — Caribbean countries, especially the small island states, need support from the international community to confront the “perfect storm” that is looming over them: heavy indebtedness and a…

VI Free Press November 2, 2020

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Israel Hails News Dominican Republic May Move Its Embassy To Jerusalem

JERUSALEM — Israel on Saturday welcomed a declaration by the Dominican Republic that the Caribbean country may consider moving its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The Dominican Republic’s foreign…

VI Free Press November 1, 2020

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Tropical Storm Eta Forms, Ties Record For Most Named Storms In A Season

MIAMI — Tropical Depression 29 in the Caribbean has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Eta. Eta is the 28th named storm of the active 2020 hurricane season and ties the record for…

VI Free Press November 1, 2020

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Not Done Yet: NHC Predicts New Tropical Depression In Caribbean

MIAMI — A tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression as November begins, according to the National Hurricane Center. It’s called Invest…

VI Free Press October 31, 2020

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Kanye West Says The President Of Haiti Gave Him An Island To Develop

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Kanye West, the eccentric rapper and producer who jetted off to Haiti in the middle of a global pandemic last month, is claiming that the president of Haiti…

VI Free Press October 29, 2020