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Caribbean & Central America - May 2018 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Introduction
Global climate change and local factors, such as deforestation, are posing an important threat to the availability and quality of water across the Central American region.... Read More
Central America
Global climate change and local factors, such as deforestation, are posing an important threat to the availability and quality of water across the Central American region.... Read More
Two important milestone dates have recently been and gone in Guatemala.... Read More
On 15 April Guatemala held a referendum in which voters were asked whether they wanted the International Court of Justice (ICJ), based at The Hague, to settle Guatemala’s claim over half of Belize’s territory.... Read More
A Guatemalan-Honduran customs union that came into effect in June 2017 has led to a modest increase in bilateral trade.... Read More
The most widespread civil unrest in decades, and the brutal response of the security forces, has exposed the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) administration led by President Daniel Ortega to fierce international condemnation, ranging from the Vatican and the European Union (EU) to the White House. ... Read More
Caribbean
The ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP), led by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, waited until the last possible moment of its second five-year term before calling a general election, now scheduled for 24 May.... Read More
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness came to power in February 2016 on the back of a promise to create some 200,000 new jobs.... Read More
*** BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT LOSING GROUND.... Read More
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