Caribbean & Central America - September 2019

Attacks on indigenous human rights defenders have drastically increased in recent years and new legislation to protect them is becoming key to overcoming the level of impunity under which this violence occurs.... Read More

Along with the rest of Central America, Honduras is facing its worst dengue outbreak in over 50 years.... Read More

In the context of a growth in extractive and energy projects in Central America which have implications for indigenous territory, attacks on defenders of land, environmental and indigenous peoples’ rights have drastically increased in recent years, and new legislation to protect them is becoming key to overcoming the level of impunity under which this violence occurs.... Read More

In late July the Guatemala-based think tank Central American Institute for Fiscal Studies (Icefi) issued a report decrying the poor performance of tax revenue accumulation across the region in the first half of 2019.... Read More

Guyana is still to hold the general election which, following the no-confidence vote on 21 December, should have been held within three months.... Read More

The annual outlook from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) shows all Caribbean countries recording growth in 2019, and a reducing debt burden.... Read More

*** CARIBBEAN DOMINATED CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT (CBI).... Read More

On 22 August, the United States concluded its four-month long New Horizons 2019 exercise in Guyana, led by US Air Forces Southern, the air component of US Southern Command (Southcom).... Read More

Trinidad & Tobago, like its mainland neighbour Guyana, is a society riven by race, and with an election due in 2020 it is perhaps no surprise to see issues of race being raised by politicians.... Read More

The Dominican Republic is preparing for May 2020 elections in the face of anti-corruption protests, a bitter divide in the ruling party, and key strategic debates.... Read More

PANAMA | FDI up.... Read More