AUG. 2013

St Vincent gov’t denies swapping parrots for aid

St Vincent gov’t denies swapping parrots for aid

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — The St Vincent and the Grenadines government has denied that it is engaged in trading a number of the endangered local Amazona guildingii parrots for vehicles from Germany. Agriculture Minister Saboto Caesar dismissed the allegations made by Lauron Baptiste, a candidate for the opposition New Democratic Party, (NDP) in the next general elections, saying the government... »