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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 13 June 2019
From LatinNews Daily
On 12 June, at an event marking the 24th anniversary of the creation of the national police (PNd’H), Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse insisted that he was not corrupt, adding that anyone who faced accusations of misusing public funds should present themselves before the courts.... Read More
* In a press conference, Panama’s Economy & Finance Minister Eyda Varela de Chinchilla expressed hopes that the new Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) administration, which will take office next month led by President-elect Laurentino Cortizo, would continue with President Juan Carlos Varela’s infrastructure agenda.... Read More
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
Former agriculture minister (2004-2006) Laurentino ‘Nito’ Cortizo of Panama’s opposition Partido Revolucionario Democrático (PRD) won the 5 May presidential election.... Read More
*** ST VINCENT & GRENADINES | UN Security Council.... Read More
From Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America
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
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- HAITI: Moïse breaks his silence
- In brief: Panama
- Panama: Cortizo’s manifesto
- POINTERS
- Introduction
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele’s economic challenge
- REGION: Development plan for Mexico and the Northern Triangle
- GUATEMALA: Spike in attacks on human rights defenders
- REGION: Report reveals Central American nations highly vulnerable to climate change
- HONDURAS: The IMF is still a bogeyman in Latin America
- HAITI: Energy crisis adds to mounting problems for Moïse
- GUYANA: An unwelcome intrusion
- BARBADOS: Towards a new opposition party
- DOMINICA: Strong economic recovery as Dominica heads towards election
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS