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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 18 January 2018
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Development: On 17 January Costa Rica’s association of journalists (Colper) issued a statement strongly condemning remarks made by presidential candidate Juan Diego Castro, of the small opposition Partido Integración Nacional (PIN) party, against leading national daily La Nación.... Read More
Guatemala: Guatemala’s finance ministry (Minfin) has dismissed Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa as the head of the country’s tax authorities (SAT).... Read More
From Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America
The visit by Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela to China in November 2017 was no ordinary state visit.... Read More
The need to combat gender violence remains a serious priority across Central America, a region with historically high levels of violence against women.... Read More
Guatemala’s 158-member unicameral congress failed to approve the 2018 budget by the required end-November deadline, reflecting deep and ongoing political divisions between the government led by President Jimmy Morales and opposition parties.... Read More
The government led by President Juan Carlos Varela and local business groups reacted angrily to a decision by the European Union (EU) in early December 2017 to list the country as one of 17 jurisdictions considered to be tax havens.... Read More
Like its Caribbean neighbours, low-lying Cuba is one of the island nations in the region most at risk from climate change, with rising sea levels the greatest threat.... Read More
It would seem that, for Guyana, the good news keeps coming.... Read More
In December 2017, the European Union (EU) published a list of ‘non-cooperative tax jurisdictions’.... Read More
*** GROWTH TO PICK UP FOR SVG.... Read More
NICARAGUA | New agreement to open markets with Colombia.... Read More
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