WASHINGTON—General Motors Co said Wednesday it will cut some truck production in North America because of the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. The largest U.S. automaker said its Flint Assembly plant that builds the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD trucks will operate on one production shift the week of July 26. GM said its…
Cash for Moise Killing Came From South Florida Man, Cops Claim. He Did Nothing Wrong, Lawyer Says
By Jay Weaver, Kevin G. Hall, Jacqueline Charles, and Antonio Maria Delgado From Miami Herald MIAMI—The rule of thumb in any good investigation is to follow the money. For Haitian police investigating the July 7 assassination of their president, the money trail partially runs through a little-known Ecuadorian emigre and a private lender who lives in Broward…
3 Police Officers Arrested Over Haitian President’s Murder
Haitian police chief Léon Charles announced Tuesday four more formal arrests in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Three of the arrests are police officers whose ranks Charles did not disclose. “There was infiltration in the police,” he said. “It happened with money.” Charles added that authorities are investigating who financed the operation,…
Haiti Appoints New Prime Minister in Wake of President’s Assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Haiti’s government on Tuesday formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister, nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise was gunned down in a murder plot that likely extends far beyond the Caribbean country’s borders. Henry assumed the role of de-facto leader of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation in a ceremony in the capital Port-au-Prince, where…
Cuban Immigrant Criticizes BLM for Solidarity With Cuban Regime: ‘They Think They Are Going to Be Spared’
Following the historic protests against communism in Cuba, Black Lives Matter (BLM) demanded the Biden administration end the embargo they say is “costing the tiny island nation an estimated $130 billion.” But according to a man who escaped Cuba as a child: “We need to send them weapons.” “Who is BLM?” Maximo Alvarez asked The…
Electoral Authority in Peru Confirms Socialist Castillo as President After Election Official Suspended, Appeals Rejected
LIMA—Peru’s electoral authority on Monday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country’s next president and winner of the June 6 runoff against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted the result but said she had been cheated. The official result had been delayed after Fujimori requested that the committee responsible for declaring the winner of the June…
Electoral Authority in Peru Confirms Socialist Castillo as President
LIMA—Peru’s electoral authority on Monday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country’s next president and winner of the June 6 runoff against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted the result but said she had been cheated. The official result had been delayed after Fujimori requested that the committee responsible for declaring the winner of the June…
Haiti Awaits New Chief as Official Mourning Starts for Moise
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—While they await a new leader, Haitians are beginning a series of official ceremonies Tuesday to honor President Jovenel Moïse nearly two weeks after he was assassinated at home. The body of Moïse was to lie in state starting before dawn at the National Pantheon Museum in the capital of Port-au-Prince, officials said. He…
UK Reaffirms Backing for Guaido as Venezuela President Ahead of $1 Billion Gold Case
LONDON—The British government reiterated on Monday that it recognises opposition figure Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s president, a move aimed at quashing a bid by the Nicolas Maduro-backed Venezuelan central bank to repatriate nearly $1 billion of its gold stored in London. Legal teams representing Maduro and Guaido will be at the UK Supreme Court on…
Haiti’s Interim Prime Minister Joseph Says He Will Step Down
WASHINGTON—Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, said in a Washington Post interview published on Monday he has agreed to step down, handing power to a challenger backed by the international community. The announcement appears to end a power struggle in the…
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