Caribbean & Central America - September 2025

In his latest attempt to expand his political power, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has succeeded in abolishing presidential term limits in the country.... Read More

In his latest attempt to expand his political power, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has succeeded in abolishing presidential term limits in the country.... Read More

Despite the resolution of a recent crisis in Honduras’ national electoral council (CNE), there are continuing concerns around general elections scheduled for 30 November following chaotic primaries in March and an uptick in electoral violence.... Read More

Visitor numbers have fallen this year, sparking worries around the future of Costa Rica’s tourism sector, a significant driver of the country’s economy and a huge provider of jobs.... Read More

President Bernardo Arévalo met with Mexican counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum in Guatemala’s Petén department on 15 August, with the pair agreeing to work together on development, security, energy, and railway projects, as well as migration.... Read More

The Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader has taken the bold decision to promulgate a new penal code that by his own admission is not perfect and could have been better.... Read More

The outgoing humanitarian coordinator for Haiti at the United Nations (UN), Ulrika Richardson, was reported on 12 August as describing the situation that she was leaving behind in Haiti as “strikingly horrific”.... Read More

On 12 August Trinidad & Tobago’s energy minister, Roodal Moonilal, announced that his government had signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with US company Exxon Mobil covering seven ultra deepwater offshore blocks which, if oil and gas is discovered, could potentially attract investment worth up to US$21.7bn.... Read More

“We must decisively open the door to greater trade between our regions” said Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary-General Carla Barnett while attending the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in Grenada at the end of July.... Read More

The latest numbers from Cuba’s national statistics institute (Onei) show that Cuban hotel occupancy dropped by nearly seven percentage points in the first half of this year to 21.5%, while tourist arrivals slumped by 25% to 981,856.... Read More

PANAMA | Panama Canal Authority projects fall in revenue.... Read More