Caribbean & Central America - February 2021

Last month a new caravan of migrants set off from Honduras, heading to Guatemala en route to Mexico and the US, serving to highlight what is set to be a major priority for the new US administration led by President Joe Biden with regard to Central America – addressing illegal migration.... Read More

The departure last month of a new caravan of migrants from Honduras, heading to Guatemala en route to Mexico and the US, highlighted a major priority for the new US administration led by President Joe Biden with regard to Central America.... Read More

More than 18 months on from the start of the latest cycle of electing supreme court (CSJ) judges and appellate magistrates, the process has yet to be completed following its suspension by Guatemala’s constitutional court (CC) amid procedural irregularities and concerns about the quality of candidates [SSR-20-07].... Read More

In the second half of 2020, political opposition groups in Nicaragua had already denounced a fresh wave of repression by the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega ahead of the November 2021 general election.... Read More

Tourism is a major contributor to Central American economies and regional governments are scrambling to rebuild the industry amid continued disruption caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

Costa Rica appears to have made some progress in finding a solution to its fragile fiscal position, but ratings agencies warn the danger has not passed.... Read More

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has effectively been ruling by decree since January 2020 after legislative elections failed to materialise in October 2019, amid political gridlock, and legislators’ terms lapsed.... Read More

On 21 January, Venezuela escalated its territorial dispute with Guyana with the interception of two Guyanese fishing vessels operating within Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).... Read More

The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) began drilling an exploratory well on 20 December 2020 amid a swirl of conflicting emotions.... Read More

COSTA RICA/PANAMA | Trade dispute before WTO.... Read More