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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago lie in the Caribbean Sea off the northeast coast of Venezuela. Trinidad, the larger at 1,864 sq mi (4,828 sq km), is mainly flat and rolling, with mountains in the north that reach a height of 3,085 ft (940 m) at Mount Aripo. Tobago, at just 116 sq mi (300 sq km), is heavily
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th President of the United States of America and the first African American to have held the post. He was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham. His parents separated when he was an infant and divorced when he was 2 years
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20
2009
Iran oil tanker reaches Venezuela amid US tension | New York Carib News
The first of five Iranian oil tankers – Fortune, Forest, Petunia, Faxon, and Clavel – has entered Venezuela’s waters carrying more than a million barrels of fuel, and being escorted by the Venezuelan navy and air
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Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield is a retired professional boxer and ex-world heavyweight champion. He was born on October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama. He was the youngest of 9 children and began boxing at the age of 12 when he won the  Boys Club boxing tournament. By the age of 13, he competed in the Junior
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Oct
19
1962
ICJ hearing set for today on jurisdiction in Guyana-Venezuela border controversy
For three hours this morning, a legal team from Guyana will attempt to convince the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it has the jurisdiction to decide that the 1899 Arbitral Award between Guyana and Venezuela is
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Palmer, Larry L. (1949- )
On November 1, 2011, President Barack H. Obama appointed Larry L. Palmer the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. On March 30, 2012, the U.S. Senate confirmed Palmer’s nomination and he reported to his post in Bridgetown, Barbados. Born in Augusta, Georgia, on July
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Flipper, Henry Ossian (1856-1940)
Born near Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856, Henry O. Flipper rose to prominence as the first African American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Despite being born into slavery to Festus, a shoemaker, and Isabella Flipper, Henry was reared in a family that
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Sha’Carri Richardson Credits God After Winning Latest Track And Field Award: 'Now Was The Time'
Sha’Carri Richardson was honored with the Athlete of the Year for Women award for her remarkable track performances this year. The post Sha’Carri Richardson Credits God After Winning Latest Track And Field Award: 'Now Was The Time' appeared first on NewsOne.
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Under Biden, the hemisphere awaits a thaw in Venezuela/US relations - Stabroek News
It may not mark a definitive turning of the proverbial corner in terms of relations between Venezuela and the United States but watchers of the situation, however, are seeing the decision by the Biden administration to allow the United States oil giant Chevron a further extension on top of those
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Africa is home to nine of the world’s 10 most neglected crises: ‘Is there some racism here?’
Nine of the world’s 10 most neglected displacement crises are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an international aid group, the Norwegian Refugee Council
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Trinidad woman with COVID-19 flies home from Venezuela
(Trinidad Express) A 63-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national tested positive for Covid-19 virus prior to boarding the aircraft in Venezuela to return
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Akuetteh, Cynthia Helen (1948- )
In 2014, Cynthia Akuetteh, career Senior Foreign Service officer, was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to Gabon and the island nation of Sao Tomé & Principe. After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Libreville, capital of Gabon, to take up her
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James Weldon Johnson
Trained in music and other subjects by his mother, a schoolteacher, Johnson graduated from Atlanta University with A.B. (1894) and M.A. (1904) degrees and later studied at Columbia University. For several years he was principal of the black high school in Jacksonville, Fla. He read law at the same
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Cuban medics in Guinea-Bissau to bolster COVID-19 combat
A Cuban medical brigade arrived in Guinea-Bissau to assist in the fight against
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Cameroon: A Preliminary Report on Proceedings Against Detained Journalist Paul Chouta
To date, the court has failed to provide an adequate rationale for his ongoing detention or to hold a substantive hearing on the charges against him, in contravention of Mr. Chouta's right to freedom from arbitrary detention and right to trial without undue
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Johnson, James Weldon
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871–1938, American author, b. Jacksonville, Fla., educated at Atlanta Univ. (B.A., 1894) and at Columbia. Johnson was the first African American to be admitted to the Florida bar and later was American consul (1906–12), first in Venezuela and then in Nicaragua. In 1930 he
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Africa: Coronavirus "Information Heroes" - Journalism That Saves Lives
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled a list of 30 coronavirus "information heroes" - 30 journalists, whistleblowers and media outlets whose courage, perseverance or capacity to innovate has helped to circulate reliable and vital information during the Covid-19
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One in 97 people around the world forced from their homes in
War, violence and other humanitarian emergencies forced about 79.5 million people out of their homes in 2019—almost double the number of people displaced a decade ago—according to a report by United Nations High Commission for
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African diaspora in the Americas
The African diaspora in the Americas is used to refer to people born in the Americas with predominantly African ancestry. Most are descendants of people enslaved and transferred from Africa to the Americas by Europeans, to work in their colonies, mostly in mines and plantations as slaves, between
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US hopes for speedy, credible end to recount - Pompeo
We look forward to a quick and credible conclusion to the vote recount in Guyana”, Pompeo said during his opening statement at a news conference at the State Department on the Release of the 2019 International Religious Freedom Report where he was joined by Sam Brownback, the Ambassador at Large
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Trinidad nationals stuck in Canada again beg to come home
I tell them Trinidad owns an airline and the Government can very easily fly us home without opening borders,” Bayne said
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was a prominent African American leader born on June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was brought up in a liberal environment where his parents encouraged him to acquire an education and pursue his dreams. His mother taught him and his brother the works of classical
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26
1938
Registered Venezuelans want more time in Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad Guardian) It’s been a little more than a year since Venezuelan migrants were registered allowing them to live and work in Trinidad
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Sierra Leone’s human freedom index performance has dropped under SLPP government
According to the 2019 Global Human Freedom index, Sierra Leone  ranked 132 out of 162 countries, scoring 5.99 – dropping 20 places from
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Spingarn Medal: James Weldon Johnson
Spingarn Medal awarded to James Weldon Johnson, former U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua and NAACP executive secretary, for his work as an author, diplomat and leader.
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1925
Gov’t rejects new Venezuelan accord on E’quibo claim - Stabroek News
Guyana's government today announced its firm rejection of an agreement by Venezuela's government and the joint opposition to press their longstanding claim to nearly three-quarters of its
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Kenya wins UN Security Council seat
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Oppression of the National Grade Six Assessment continues
In the dysfunction of Guyana where ‘all parties’ go one day to fight Venezuela, and then another day to fight with each other the oppression of the National Grade Six Assessment
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