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index.feed.received.today — 7 mars 2025

St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture

Descendants of enslaved Africans and Indigenous people interned on Baliceaux in 18th century hail ‘historic victory’

Members of the Garifuna community are celebrating “a historic and long-awaited victory” after the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) announced the purchase of a privately owned island where thousands of their ancestors perished from disease and starvation.

The uninhabited island of Baliceaux has long held great significance for the Garifuna people, the descendants of enslaved Africans and Indigenous Kalinago and Arawak people.

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© Photograph: Demion McTair

© Photograph: Demion McTair

FBI offers $10m reward for ex-Olympic snowboarder turned drug kingpin

6 mars 2025 à 21:48

Ryan Wedding, 43, wanted for role in billion-dollar cross-border drug trafficking operation and several homicides

Authorities in the United States have offered a $10m reward for information that leads to the arrest of a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder-turned-international drug kingpin.

Police in Los Angeles said on Thursday that Ryan Wedding – also known as “El Jefe”, “Giant” and “Public Enemy” – is wanted for his role in a billion-dollar cross-border drug trafficking operation and for several homicides linked to his drug sprawling network.

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© Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

© Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

index.feed.received.yesterday — 6 mars 2025

Trump delays tariffs on many products from Mexico and Canada

6 mars 2025 à 21:10

US president paused tariffs on Mexican products covered by USMCA and later stayed tariffs on many Canadian imports

Donald Trump pulled back from his trade war with Canada and Mexico on Thursday, temporarily delaying tariffs on many goods from the two countries once again.

Two days after imposing sweeping tariffs on all imports from his country’s closest trading partners, the US president announced that duties on a wide range of products would be shelved until April.

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© Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images

The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline | Editorial

6 mars 2025 à 19:50

Donald Trump has deliberately picked a fight with its northern neighbour. This malign strategy must be stopped

It is two months since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal party leader and Canada’s prime minister. After a decade in power, Mr Trudeau had become increasingly unpopular. Two out of three Canadians thought he was doing a bad job. The opposition Conservatives led in almost every poll. With the Liberals staring a 2025 general election defeat in the face, Mr Trudeau’s ministers forced him out. His successor will be chosen this Sunday.

But then came Donald Trump. Mr Trump wants to strengthen the US at the expense of its neighbours. His hostility to Canada is thus visceral and deep. Without any justification, he promised illegal 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports. As a fig leaf for his intentions, he falsely claimed that Canada’s 5,000-mile border with the US was an open door for migrants and drugs. He talked, repeatedly and deliberately, of annexing Canada and making it the 51st state. He mocked Mr Trudeau, referring to him as merely a state governor.

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© Photograph: Spencer Colby/EPA

© Photograph: Spencer Colby/EPA

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