Caribbean & Central America
Caribbean & Central America - February 2025
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- Introduction
Central America
- PANAMA: Beyond Trump’s Panama Canal claims
- GUATEMALA: Arévalo marks one year in office, struggles with key pledge
- EL SALVADOR: Mixed movement on transitional justice
- COSTA RICA: Rains and labour shortages add to structural issues in coffee sector
- NICARAGUA: Ortega revives plan for interoceanic canal
Caribbean
- SURINAME: Suriname’s moment
- REGION: Economic growth unchanged for 2025 but risks are growing
- CUBA: Government announces new dollarisation moves
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Donald Trump’s threat upon his 20 January inauguration as US president to take back the Panama Canal, based on claims of Chinese involvement in the waterway, and complaints of high fees, was among the most headline-grabbing of his announcements.
Caribbean & Central America - January 2025
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- Introduction
Central America
- NICARAGUA: Consolidating absolute power
- HONDURAS: More doubts over the state of exception
- REGION: Claims of progress in combatting gender violence ring hollow
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele moves to restart mining
- GUATEMALA: Approved budget increases social spending
Caribbean
- HAITI: Daunting obstacles to economic recovery
- REGION: Coming up: a surge in Caribbean debt-for-climate swaps?
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The first piece in this January 2025 edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America begins in Nicaragua where authoritarian President Daniel Ortega unveiled a package of constitutional reforms which has, along with other recent legislative initiatives, sparked further concerns that he is seeking to consolidate absolute control.