Caribbean & Central America - August 2025

In early July international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a new report documenting the human rights toll of inadequate access to water and sanitation in Guatemala.... Read More

In early July international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a new report documenting the human rights toll of inadequate access to water and sanitation in Guatemala.... Read More

The murder in Costa Rica on 19 June of retired major Roberto Samcam, an opponent of Nicaragua’s authoritarian President Daniel Ortega, has sent shockwaves through the exile community.... Read More

The arrest in June of Costa Rica’s former security minister (2014-2015) and supreme court (CSJ) justice (2016-2018), Celso Gamboa, who in July was then charged with drug-related crimes in the US, has exposed a major drug scandal which could implicate members of President Rodrigo Chaves’ government.... Read More

On 15 July the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published details of its 2025 Article IV consultation and the completion of its first review of El Salvador’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement which it said allowed for the immediate disbursement of around US$118m in funding.... Read More

On 9 July the Panamanian government confirmed that the country had been removed from the European Union (EU)’s list of countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) frameworks.... Read More

On 14 July the first ministerial meeting between the European Union and six Central American countries as part of the Association Agreement between the two regional blocs was held in Brussels.... Read More

The 25 May general election in Suriname was one of the most consequential ever, with oil-fuelled GDP growth set to accelerate to as much as 50% in 2028, two years ahead of the next election, as oil production from the Block 58 project comes online.... Read More

In July, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a US think tank, published a comprehensive report on how the Caribbean can best manage the transition to renewable energy.... Read More

Dead seaweed is accumulating on Caribbean beaches at a faster rate than ever before.... Read More

Marking the fourth anniversary of Cuba’s anti-government protests of July 2021, the US administration led by President Donald Trump has announced additional economic sanctions.... Read More

A report released in July by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says that if Jamaica adopts a “green economic model” it could create up to 8,000 new jobs and add 1% to its GDP.... Read More

COSTA RICA | Costa Rica posts drop in tourism.... Read More