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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 03 December 2018

From LatinNews Daily

Electoral race hots up in Guatemala

Development: On 2 December Zury Ríos, the daughter of Guatemala's late dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), announced her presidential bid ahead of the June 2019 general election.... Read More

In brief: Honduras

* Honduras’s central bank has released a report which shows that in the first nine months of 2018, the country’s exports reached US$3.5bn, down 2.8% on the same period in 2017.... Read More

From Latin American Economy & Business

Creating economic development and growth strategies to deal with migration and change in Central America

The current migration crisis in Central America is tied to missing economic reforms and strategies disconnected from the chronic problems in the region.... Read More

Costa Rica: Brighter prospects for tax reform

Prospects for the successful passage of a tax reform proposal are much more encouraging than they were several weeks ago.... Read More

Cuba-Venezuela: Trump considers sanctions on Cuban officials

Individual sanctions on some senior Venezuelan officials have been in place for several years, but there are indications that US President Donald Trump is considering extending these to certain Cuban officials, who the US government suspect of providing advice and support to the Venezuelan government.... Read More

Jamaica: The inflation conundrum

Contrary to previous battles with above-target inflation, the current policy dilemma facing the Jamaican authorities is how to prevent inflation from falling back below the 4%-6% target band, which prompted a Consultation Clause with the IMF as part of the government’s borrowing agreement earlier this year.... Read More

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