BLAME MADURO
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro.
THE United States Embassy, in a post on its Facebook page on Sunday, was clear in who was to be blamed for the Venezuelan migrant crisis – that’s country’s leader Nicolas Maduro.
“The absence of a democratic system in Maduro’s Venezuela, ongoing systematic human rights violations, acute food shortages, precarious health systems, an electricity crisis, generalised violence and economic collapse are some of the key causes that have forced more than five million Venezuelans to flee their country since 2015,” the embassy stated in its post.
However, political activist David Abdulah hit the current US embargo, telling Newsday, “Let (US) Ambassador (Joseph) Mondello tell his government to give back all the money they seized from Venezuela and end US sanctions, and then he can talk about the international economy of Venezuela.”
New Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) Chairman Francine Blackman. Photo courtesy CCREEE.
Francine Blackman has been elected as chairman of the executive board of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE).
Blackman previously held the post of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
The election was announced in a release today (December 18).
Blackman takes over from Dominica’s Ambassador to the US and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States Ambassador Dr Vince Henderson who first chaired the CCREEE Executive Board following the commencement of the Centre’s operational phase in 2018.
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Clarity, compassion,co-operation on migrants
Sunday 20 December 2020
A group of Venezuelans, including 16 children, who came ashore by boat at a Los Iros beach after they had been turned away by authorities. - Lincoln Holder
There were some signs that the Prime Minister was signalling a more humane approach to Venezuelan migrants at the post-Cabinet briefing on Thursday, even as he emphasised a TT-first policy.
Dr Rowley committed his government to taking a stronger role in the handling of asylum-seekers, which had largely been managed by the UN Commissioner for Refugees and the Living Water Community.
He also promised that mass deportation was not part of the government s strategy. That followed a statement in November when he suggested that the temporary registration of migrants would lead to a more permanent relocation.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Stock photo. All over the world refugees are putting their lives at risk to escape their homelands by air, land, or sea. Trinidad lies only 7 miles off the shores of Venezuela at the closest point.
(MSN)–December 20th, 2020–The Caribbean Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) said yesterday that the 15 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should help out in dealing with the influx of migrants from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago.
The CCHR also noted in a statement that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago had a duty to protect human rights in accordance with its Constitution and the laws of the country, in addition to its obligations as a member of the Organization of American States (OAS).