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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 12 July 2018
CARIBBEAN POINTERS
*** IMF URGES NEW BARBADOS GOVERNMENT TO FACE REALITY. Almost exactly a month after its landslide victory in the 7 May general election, in which it won all 30 seats, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) government led by Prime Minister Mia Mottley hosted a sobering visit from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). An IMF team visited Barbados from 5-7 June to hold discussions with the new government on its economic policies and on possible IMF support.
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