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Caribbean & Central America - April 2024
Introduction
A US federal jury has found Honduras’ former president Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) guilty on three drug and weapons-related counts.... Read More
Central America
A US federal jury has unanimously found Honduras’ former president Juan Orlando Hernández (Partido Nacional, PN, 2014-2022) guilty on three drug and weapons-related counts.... Read More
On 3 March Nicaragua held regional elections in the North Atlantic and South Atlantic autonomous regions (Raan and Raas) on the impoverished Caribbean Coast.... Read More
In early March Panama’s government led by President Laurentino Cortizo ordered international humanitarian NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to stop all medical activities for migrants arriving in the south of the country after crossing the perilous Darién Gap, a roadless expanse of jungle on Panama’s border with Colombia.... Read More
In March Guatemala’s new President Bernardo Arévalo inked a development agreement with authorities from three indigenous Ixil Mayan municipalities in Quiché department.... Read More
Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo and other top officials have held a series of meetings with US counterparts in recent weeks, underlining the strength of ties with Washington and setting out economic priorities for his time in office.... Read More
Gisela Sánchez, the new head of the Central American development bank (BCIE), has said that she will rebalance its portfolio by ending loans to Nicaragua and El Salvador.... Read More
Caribbean
Jamaica’s ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is in the last 18 months of its current mandate.... Read More
The 140th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) included a review of Guyana’s August 2021 submission of its Third Periodic Report.... Read More
Two developments on 27 March reinforce a positive economic outlook for the Dominican Republic this year.... Read More
A new United Nations (UN) report focuses on The Bahamas as an example of the growing financial cost of climate change and health pandemics.... Read More
Total stay-over tourist arrivals in the Caribbean rose by 14.3% or 4m visitors in 2023, to reach 32.2m, according to data collected by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), with signs that growth is continuing in 2024.... Read More
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- Introduction
- HONDURAS: A long-awaited verdict
- NICARAGUA: FSLN further cements control
- PANAMA: Order to halt migrant aid raises eyebrows
- GUATEMALA: Addressing indigenous demands
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo charting economic course with US assistance
- REGION: New BCIE chief pledges to end loans to El Salvador and Nicaragua
- JAMAICA: Opposition PNP makes progress
- GUYANA: UN Human Rights Committee has a look at Guyana
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Growth rate set to double this year
- THE BAHAMAS: Reeling from the climate change punches
- REGION: Tourism recovery under way
- Economic Highlights