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WORLD NEWSSaturday 27 February 2016

Opposition wins control in Jamaica, ousts prime minister

HOWARD CAMPBELL Preliminary results from The leader of the Jamai- Holness, ready to form a Simpson Miller became the
Associated Press the Electoral Commis- ca Labor Party, Andrew government as the new country’s first female leader
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) sion showed the Jamaica Holness, was greeted by prime minister, pledged to in 2006. That first term ended
— The opposition narrowly Labor Party capturing 33 cheering supporters as he create jobs and grow the in 2007, but she returned as
won Jamaica’s parliamen- spots in the 63-seat Parlia- arrived at party headquar- economy while improv- prime minister in 2011 amid
tary elections this week, ment, enough to form a ters in the capital following ing education and health a shrinking economy and
defeating the party led by government. With discon- the announcement of the care. “We don’t take it that one of the highest levels of
the first female prime min- tent high among Jamai- results in a hard-fought fight we have won a prize,” he debt relative to GDP in the
ister to govern the largest cans over high crime and with the People’s National told the crowd. “The cost of world. Her government ne-
English-speaking country in a poor economy, turnout Party of Prime Minister Por- victory is to keep the com- gotiated a $930 million aid
the Caribbean. was around 47 percent. tia Simpson Miller. mitments we have made.” package with the IMF.

Peruvian president investigated in Brazil Petrobras probe

Peru’s President Ollanta Humala listens to a journalist’s question as he meets with the foreign press ment. It tweeted that the The document says that
at the government palace in Lima, Peru. A Brazilian police document dated Feb. 5, 2016, ob- president had called Bra- police seized emails writ-
tained by The Associated Press shows that officials investigating a kickback scheme at the Brazil- zil’s ambassador in Peru to ten by a former Odebre-
ian state-run oil company Petrobras are now looking at Peruvian President Humala. deny the allegations. cht executive that made
Attempts to find a lawyer reference to $3 million for
(AP Photo/Martin Mejia) representing the former “Project OH,” which they
Argentine minister Ricardo believe referred to the Pe-
M. SAVARESE gentine transportation min- suspect Humala received Raul Jaime were unsuc- ruvian leader.
Associated Press ister, according to an inter- $3 million in bribes from the cessful. Police acknowledged the
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil- nal document obtained by large Brazilian construction The document is being re- investigation but declined
ian police investigating a The Associated Press. company Odebrecht in viewed by Brazilian Judge to comment further.
kickback scheme at state- The 44-page federal police exchange for contracts in Sergio Moro, who is pre- Odebrecht has dozens of
run oil company Petrobras report dated Feb. 5 now Peru. siding over the sprawling contracts in Peru, includ-
are now looking closely at moves the huge corruption Humala’s press office did Petrobras case that has ing for ports, gas, bridges
Peruvian President Ollanta probe beyond Brazil’s bor- not respond Friday to re- brought down top Brazilian and roads. The company
Humala and a former Ar- ders, saying investigators peated requests for com- politicians and company has denied any illegal pay-
executives. ments to political parties or
Moro’s office declined to public authorities.
comment. Legal experts The company downplayed
say the judge could ask the naming of Humala in
Brazil’s foreign minister to connection with probe
ask Peruvian authorities when asked by the AP
for an investigation or or- about the document.
der prosecutors to go after “It is not a formal accu-
Humala in Brazilian courts. sation, it is more of initial
Hamilton Castro, the Peru- evaluations based on the
vian anti-corruption pros- interpretation of notes by
ecutor investigating illegal Brazil’s Federal Police,” the
payoffs to politicians alleg- construction firm said in a
edly made by Odebrecht statement.
and other big Brazilian con- As for Jaime, the document
struction firms, has refused alleges that the former min-
to discuss the case. He has ister had been bribed by
traveled to Brazil several Odebrecht for a contract
times to talk to prosecutors to build a large tunnel proj-
here. ect for Buenos Aires trains.

Mexicans back ex-President Fox in vulgar spat with Trump

PETER ORSI ably viewed even more celsior. One cartoon in La Jornada began his term, partly be-
Associated Press negatively by Mexicans for “The sad thing, paraphras- showed a grotesque-faced cause he failed to conquer
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexi- campaign rhetoric deni- ing the late Umberto Eco, is Trump waving a newspa- corruption and violence
cans backed former Presi- grating immigrants as “rap- that there are ‘legions of id- per with Fox’s comments and was prone to verbal
dent Vicente Fox in his ver- ists” who bring crime and iots’ who believe” Trump’s and saying, “I demand re- gaffes and family contro-
bal spat with Donald Trump drugs to the United States. assertions that he can force spect ... versies.
on Friday, after Fox called Folks also largely shrugged Mexico to pay for the wall, Only I can use bad man- Like Trump, Fox is famous for
the Republican front-runner off Fox’s use of an F-bomb in Garfias continued. “I’m not ners and bad words!” his outsider image, brash
“crazy” and a “false proph- an interview with Univision’s exaggerating when I say Fox, a conservative cow- style and in-your-face lan-
et” and Trump replied that Jorge Ramos to emphasize Trump is an embarrassment boy type with warm ties to guage. He’s also no strang-
he ought to be “ashamed that he has no intention of to his country.” President George W. Bush, er to high-profile spats.
of himself” for using a pro- paying for Trump’s border- Mexican media treated U.S. ended seven decades of Once, after leaving of-
fanity. wall plans. Vice President Joe Biden’s uninterrupted rule by the fice, Fox called Venezu-
In the streets of the capital, “The vulgarity came from apologies for inflammatory Institutional Revolutionary ela’s then-President Hugo
newspapers and social me- Vicente Fox’s soul. Never campaign rhetoric about Party with his 2000 election Chavez a “burro” (years
dia, locals sided with the better said. Never better Mexico as the day’s big- as president. earlier Chavez had ac-
usually unpopular ex-lead- targeted,” columnist Fran- gest story, but the Trump- But Fox never regained the cused Fox of being a “lap-
er over Trump, who is prob- cisco Garfias wrote for Ex- Fox spat got second billing. popularity with which he dog of the empire”).