Caribbean & Central America - April 2026

El Salvador’s authoritarian President Nayib Bukele and his Nuevas Ideas (NI) government are facing renewed criticism over the state of human rights under the state of exception first implemented in March 2022 to tackle gangs, which remains in place.... Read More

El Salvador’s authoritarian President Nayib Bukele and his Nuevas Ideas (NI) government are facing renewed criticism over the state of human rights under the state of exception first implemented in March 2022 to tackle gangs, which remains in place.... Read More

At the end of February, the governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua agreed to boost security cooperation aimed at combatting cross-border illegal gold mining.... Read More

On 10 February Guatemala’s interior ministry (Mingob) announced that it had completed its first ever census of its prison system.... Read More

Higher energy prices due to the fallout from the conflict in the Middle East have had a significant effect on Central American economies, which are very reliant on imported fuels and therefore highly exposed to external energy shocks. ... Read More

In late February, lawmakers approved a bill that aims to improve the sustainability of public finances, handing the executive branch more power to cut government spending.... Read More

Power blackouts, a collapsing economy, and intense US political pressure all point to one thing: Cuba is likely to experience major change or even social upheaval this year.... Read More

In theory Haiti should have an elected government by the end of the year, but the odds are stacked against this long-sought transition happening smoothly and on schedule, if at all.... Read More

At the beginning of March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) hosted its 10th in a series of ‘Conversations on Migration in the Caribbean’, with the focus on ‘Migration and the Caribbean Workforce’.... Read More

NICARAGUA | Net FDI up.... Read More