Caribbean & Central America - February 2019

In this February edition of Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America, we begin by looking at Guatemala which, at the very least, is immersed in a constitutional crisis.... Read More

At the very least, Guatemala is immersed in a constitutional crisis.... Read More

On 25 January the US government said it was beginning to implement a new policy: sending asylum seekers back to Mexico while they await the processing of their cases.... Read More

Although Central America’s news cycle was dominated by migration and crisis in 2018, several promising infrastructural developments and the inauguration of an ambitious free trade zone have seen advances towards more substantial regional economic integration.... Read More

A decade since the protracted political brinkmanship leading up to 2009 coup, Honduras has yet to fully deal with the bitter fallout.... Read More

The Dominican Republic (DR)’s recent refusal to sign the United Nations (UN) global pact on migration is a symptom of an ongoing problem that continues to strain relations with neighbouring Haiti.... Read More

When, on 23 January and with diplomatic support from much of the Western world and Latin America, the president of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, declared himself interim president of Venezuela, de facto President Nicolás Maduro will have been grateful not just to the continuing support of the US’s principal geopolitical rivals China and Russia but also to the small neighbouring states of the Caribbean.... Read More

Guyana has been gearing itself up for an early election since the government was defeated in a vote of no confidence on 21 December.... Read More

Back in November, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its latest Article IV Consultation with Suriname with some firm recommendations on the need for fiscal rectitude.... Read More

On 10 April, Belize will vote in a national referendum on whether to agree to the territorial dispute between Guatemala and Belize being submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for adjudication.... Read More

COSTA RICA | Exports up.... Read More