Donald Trump has made a last-minute $10 million cash infusion into his campaign, Trump advisors tell the Wall Street Journal, a donation coming shortly after new election documents showed he hadn’t given a dime in October. The new donation will help fund a last-minute $25 million ad buy, according to the Journal.

Trump had made no cash donations to his campaign and spent just $31,000 in in-kind donations to his efforts to become president in the first three weeks of October, according to Federal Election Commission reports released late Thursday. That was a big departure from the average of $2 million a month he was spending personally in his first months as the GOP nominee, when it looked more likely that he could knock off Hillary Clinton. Recent polls show the race slightly closer than it was a week ago, but almost all reputable polls have Clinton with a comfortable national lead and an edge in key swing states.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) recently partnered with the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), to host the largest gathering of water and waste-management specialists from across the Caribbean at the CWWA 2016 Conference and Exhibition.

“Clean water is one of the key pillars of human development and its importance cannot be overstated.  The use and management of water impacts all of today’s leading global challenges, including: energy generation and usage; food security; natural disaster management; and the management of the environment. CDB therefore, has a vested interest in the well-being of the water and sanitation sector because it is key to us achieving our development mandate,” said L. O’Reilly Lewis, Portfolio Manager, CDB during the opening ceremony for the CWWA Conference.

The Bank sponsored a High Level Forum (HLF) for Water Minsters in the Caribbean, which included presentations from CDB representatives, and also engaged with Conference attendees at its booth in the exhibition hall.   The High Level Forum is a key mechanism for water-sector-related policy dialogue, bringing together government ministers and senior officials from across the Caribbean, as well as development partners and key stakeholders...[+]

HAVANA- The World condemned on Wednesday at the United Nations, for the 25th occasion, the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, while the abstention of the U.S. government was unprecedented.

With the positive vote of 191 countries, the Resolution “The Need to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States of America” was approved.

Israel abstained together with the United States, as convincing proof of the generalized and permanent condemnation to that criminal measure, and voting took place shortly after Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez presented the corresponding Resolution at the 71^st Ordinary Period of Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly and representatives of several nations demanded the end of this economic siege.     The U.S. vote is consistent with the current process towards the normalization of bonds between Havana and Washington, started on December 17, 2014.     The stance of the government of Barack Obama with respect to the blockade against Cuba takes place a few days after the Presidential Policy Directive toward Cuba, a document that has some positive elements but the contents of which is in essence of interference. (ACN)…[+]