Caribbean & Central America - July 2026

On 8 June international press lobbies hailed the decision under Guatemala’s new attorney general, Gabriel Estuardo García Luna, to drop all cases against journalists from shuttered investigative outlet elPeriódico.... Read More

On 8 June international press lobbies including US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) hailed the decision under Guatemala’s new attorney general, Gabriel Estuardo García Luna, to drop all cases against journalists from shuttered investigative outlet elPeriódico.... Read More

A deadly riot which took place on 1 June in La Joyita prison outside Panama City, from which 195 prisoners escaped, and which left three dead, is fanning concerns over the country’s security situation.... Read More

The resumption of operations of the massive Fénix nickel project, which is owned by Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel (CGN), a subsidiary of Switzerland-based mining company Solway Investment Group, has drawn concerns from indigenous groups – a key plank of the support base of President Bernardo Arévalo’s left-of-centre government which, since taking office in January 2024, has moved to halt other unpopular mining projects such as the Cerro Blanco gold mining operation [EB-24-05].... Read More

A Nicaraguan delegation headed up by Laureano Ortega Murillo, a son of authoritarian co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo and a presidential adviser on investment, paid a recent visit to Russia where various bilateral cooperation agreements were signed.... Read More

Visitor numbers to Central America recorded strong growth in the first quarter of this year, and the travel and tourism sector is forecast to keep growing.... Read More

Honduras’ President Nasry Asfura is pushing to pass a bill that would reform the country’s troubled electricity sector, and the plans have received significant backing internationally despite opposition at home. ... Read More

On 16 June, United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres paid a visit to Haiti.... Read More

Comparisons between Suriname and oil-booming Guyana are irresistible, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest report on Suriname – Post-Financing Assessment Discussions – adds some important notes of caution.... Read More

For months the Cuban government has been involved in behind-the-scenes negotiations with the US administration led by President Donald Trump over political and economic reform, up to and including the possibility of ‘regime change’.... Read More

On 12 June, with the economy in free fall, the Cuban government announced a package of 176 sweeping economic reforms, described as the most significant set of changes since the 1959 revolution.... Read More

GUATEMALA | FTA with Peru takes effect.... Read More