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Caribbean & Central America - May 2024
CUBA: Solar not shining brightly enough?
In April the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced a US$20m donation to Cuba to help build a solar energy park in Isla de la Juventud, the second largest Cuban island (after Cuba’s mainland). Amid power cuts and fossil fuel shortages, investing in solar and other renewable energy sources could be the way forward for the country. But the evidence suggests there will be no quick solutions.
- Introduction
- EL SALVADOR: State of exception passes two-year mark
- REGION: Wildfires draw concern
- HONDURAS: Authorities claim coca eradication progress
- NICARAGUA: Purge of judiciary continues
- GUATEMALA/REGION: Mine dispute symptomatic of uncertainty
- COSTA RICA: Exporters complain about currency appreciation
- REGION: ‘Credible’ human rights issues widespread within Caricom
- REGION: Building agrifood trade between the Caribbean and Central America
- CARIBBEAN POINTER
- JAMAICA: Fiscal success creates new opportunities
- CUBA: Solar not shining brightly enough?
- BARBADOS: Movement on debt-for-climate
- Economic Highlights