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Caribbean & Central America - June 2021
Introduction
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has set off democracy-related alarm bells over the past year for various reasons - from the deployment of security forces to congress [SSR-20-04] to his repeated disregard for judicial rulings on his government’s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic [SSR-20-06].... Read More
Central America
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has set off democracy-related alarm bells over the past year for various reasons - from the deployment of security forces to congress [SSR-20-04] to his repeated disregard for judicial rulings on his government’s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic [SSR-20-06].... Read More
Honduras’s national assembly has approved a new electoral law (LEH) ahead of the November general election.... Read More
At the end of April, the Panama Canal authority (ACP) announced that the Panama Canal had begun the transition to become carbon neutral by 2030.... Read More
Two energy conferences in May gave Central American government officials a chance to discuss progress in the transition to more renewable energy use and its implications for poverty reduction.... Read More
On 12 May Guatemala’s congress passed a legislative reform, since sanctioned by the executive, that allows the creation of more free trade zones (FTZs) as part of a post coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic economic recovery plan.... Read More
Caribbean
In May Centre d’Analyse et de Recherche Réseau International en Droits de l’Homme (CARDH), a local NGO, released a report warning that kidnappings in Haiti had increased by over 300% in April compared with the previous month.... Read More
On 8 May, China’s Xinhua news agency carried a report on the deepening of relations between China and Suriname.... Read More
According to The Bahamas’ statistics department, the economy contracted by 14.5% in 2020, pushing the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio close to 100%.... Read More
*** BELIZE-GUATEMALA BORDER TENSIONS REPORTED.... Read More
Economic Highlights
COSTA RICA | Unemployment continues to decrease.... Read More
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