Caribbean & Central America - September 2024

The first piece in this September 2024 edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America begins in Nicaragua where a local human rights NGO, Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca Más (CDHNN+), warned last month of an escalation of repression hitherto not seen this year by the authoritarian government led by President Daniel Ortega targeting the Catholic Church – a lone voice of dissent.... Read More

In early August a Nicaraguan human rights NGO, Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca Más (CDHNN+), warned of an escalation of repression hitherto not seen this year by the authoritarian government led by President Daniel Ortega targeting the Catholic Church – a lone voice of dissent.... Read More

In early August Costa Rica’s migration authorities (DGME) announced the dismantling of an organised crime structure dedicated to the illegal trafficking of migrants and related crimes.... Read More

A group of Salvadorean human rights organisations have launched a registry of disappeared persons.... Read More

In late July Guatemala’s national council for food security and nutrition (Conasan), the inter-ministerial body that leads policy direction on food and nutritional security, approved its annual operative plan for 2025, which earmarks funding of Q$14.2bn (US$1.84bn), up 33% on the 2024 budget.... Read More

Central America received US$11.64bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2023, a 12% increase compared to the previous year, according to a new report by the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac).... Read More

On 13 August President Xiomara Castro met with China’s vice foreign minister Hua Chunying to discuss the free trade deal (FTA) that the two countries have been negotiating.... Read More

In late August Cuba’s official gazette published new decrees focussed on tightening controls on the non-state sector of the economy.... Read More

Just over a year ago, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) met to celebrate its 50th anniversary, a landmark undoubtedly worthy of celebration given that its predecessor, the West Indies Federation, lasted just four years (1958-1962).... Read More

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Interest rates cut.... Read More