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Caribbean & Central America - December 2025
Introduction
The first piece in this December 2025 edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America begins in Guatemala where President Bernardo Arévalo is under pressure to address what critics are calling a “security crisis” sparked by a prison break involving 20 high-ranking members of the Barrio 18 gang in October.... Read More
Central America
Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo is under pressure to address what critics are calling a “security crisis” sparked by a prison break involving 20 high-ranking members of the Barrio 18 gang in October.... Read More
In October Nicaraguan civil rights groups expressed fresh concerns that Chinese mining firms are being allowed to operate in the country by the authoritarian government led by co-presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, without any respect for the environment or the rights of local indigenous communities.... Read More
In early November the Costa Rican authorities announced that they had carried out a major operation targeting a local drug trafficking organisation (DTO), which they claim fits the definition of a transnational cartel.... Read More
On 11 November, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Costa Rican capital San José to protest a raft of policies introduced by President Rodrigo Chaves.... Read More
On 10 November the European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending institution of the European Union (EU), said it would provide €1bn (US$1.16bn) in financing to strengthen power grid integration and clean energy across Central America.... Read More
Honduran producers exported coffee worth US$17.8m in October, 270.8% higher than in the same period last year.... Read More
Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa, which formed over the Caribbean Sea on 21 October, was the strongest storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Jamaica in the country’s history.... Read More
Countries with strong economies, robust infrastructure, and prudent levels of foreign currency reserves can rely on them to work as protective “shock absorbers” during national disasters.... Read More
A rapid rise in regional political tension may bode ill for Trinidad and Tobago’s critically important gas industry.... Read More
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- Introduction
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo on the back foot after mass prison break
- NICARAGUA: Rights concerns over Chinese mining concessions
- COSTA RICA: Government hails major counter-narcotics operation
- COSTA RICA: Protest highlights grievances from agricultural sector
- REGION: EU to provide financing for regional energy integration
- HONDURAS: Coffee exports spike
- REGION: Hurricane Melissa and the long tail of tropical storms
- CUBA: Melissa adds to the crisis
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Venezuela puts a spanner in the gas works
- Economic Highlights