Caribbean & Central America - June 2019

In this June edition of Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America, we begin by looking at El Salvador where at the start of the month Nayib Bukele took office as the country’s new president.... Read More

At the start of the month Nayib Bukele took office as El Salvador’s new President.... Read More

Illegal immigration remains one of the hottest political and economic issues in North America.... Read More

A report released at the start of this year by Irish-based NGO Frontline Defenders revealed that in 2018, 26 human rights activists were killed in Guatemala, with countless more threatened or criminalised for defending their communities.... Read More

Honduras and Nicaragua have been named in the top ten countries most vulnerable to climate change by NGO Germanwatch.... Read More

The role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been a key focus of the latest violent protests against the Honduran government led by President Juan Orlando Hernández, with claims that the IMF is demanding cuts to education and health budgets and pushing forward with a privatisation agenda.... Read More

A confluence of factors has plunged Haiti into an energy crisis in recent months, leaving the country struggling to keep the lights on amid serious civil unrest.... Read More

Guyana is heading for a general election sometime later this year, although the exact timing remains uncertain.... Read More

In the May 2018 general election, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), led by then prime minister Freundel Stuart, lost all its seats in parliament to the Mia Mottley-led Barbados Labour Party (BLP).... Read More

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) are due to meet the electorate in a general election by December.... Read More

*** GRENADA GETS GOOD GRADES FROM IMF.... Read More

NICARAGUA | Unemployment continues to rise.... Read More