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Caribbean & Central America - May 2026
Introduction
In April the first 25 migrants from third countries arrived in Costa Rica under a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed the previous month with Washington, whereby Costa Rica would accept up to 25 third country nationals deported from the US per week.... Read More
Central America
In April the first 25 migrants from third countries arrived in Costa Rica under a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed the previous month with Washington, whereby Costa Rica would accept up to 25 third country nationals deported from the US per week.... Read More
In mid-April Honduran women’s rights group Centro de Derechos de Mujeres (CDM) warned that in the first three months of 2026, 59 femicides and violent deaths of women had been registered in the country.... Read More
Nicaraguan and international human rights organisations have marked the eighth anniversary of the brutal crackdown on dissent which began on 18 April 2018 by the authoritarian Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, now co-president, Rosario Murillo.... Read More
On 14 April, President Nayib Bukele announced the expansion of the DoctorSV AI-assisted telemedicine service, with the second phase focusing on diagnosing and treating chronic illnesses.... Read More
On 16 April the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) sanctioned seven individuals and seven companies in a marked expansion of its sanctions regime against Nicaragua's gold mining sector.... Read More
Continued conflict in the Middle East, which has severely restricted shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, has increased the prices shipping firms pay to transit the Panama Canal, creating a significant windfall for the public purse.... Read More
Caribbean
In 2010, at the start of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s first term in power (2010-2015), Trinidad & Tobago had a total GDP of US$22.52bn and GDP per capita GDP of US$16,960, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and on current prices.... Read More
Most Caribbean nations are concerned about the trajectory of US foreign policy under President Donald Trump.... Read More
The effects of the war in Iran are cascading unevenly through the Caribbean, with a strongly negative bottom line.... Read More
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on 1 May extending economic sanctions against Cuba.... Read More
It could be described as a quick turnaround.... Read More
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- Introduction
- COSTA RICA: Shoring up ties with the US
- REGION: Rights groups reiterate calls for end to gender violence
- NICARAGUA: Marking a key anniversary
- EL SALVADOR: AI telemedicine programme expands to cover chronic illnesses
- NICARAGUA: New US sanctions test gold mining strategy
- PANAMA: Iran conflict drives windfall as Canal transit price spikes
- GUYANA/TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Facing up to a reversal of fortunes
- REGION: UK-Caribbean ministerial forum emphasises rules-based order
- REGION: War in Iran hits island economies
- CUBA: More sanctions
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Abinader puts gold on hold
- Economic Highlights