LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 16 April 2018

Development: In a popular referendum held on 15 April, Guatemalans voted overwhelmingly to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague to rule on a territorial dispute with Belize.... Read More

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Fiscal policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is sub-optimal.... Read More

Brookings, the US-based economic and social think tank, in collaboration with the Uruguay-based Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Económica y Social (CERES), has just published a collection of essays focusing on the economic policy dilemmas facing the region, under the title ‘Spotlight Latin America’.... Read More

Predictions of global warming and extreme weather generate serious concern but often seem to be somewhere in the indeterminate future and, on top of that, difficult to quantify.... Read More

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More stringent tax transparency requirements on the part of the international community are having implications for governments presiding over economies with significant offshore banking sectors – including the Bahamas.... Read More

More on-and-offshore acreage will be auctioned in the region this year than ever before, providing a possibly unique opportunity for international oil and gas companies to win exploration and production contracts in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.... Read More

Grenada’s prime minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, announced on 11 March (just a day before the islands’ general election in which his New National Party (NPP) won a clean sweep of parliamentary seats) that a “significant oil and gas find” had been located in the country’s waters.... Read More

Amazon in Brazil talks: Us online retailer Amazon.com was in late March reported to be involved in talks to acquire the Via Varejo retail chain in Brazil from the controlling group Casino Guichard Perrachon SA of France.... Read More