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Caribbean & Central America - November 2019
Introduction
In recent years Central America has been ravaged by drought and changing weather patterns which have far reaching consequences in the region and beyond. We begin this November edition of Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America by looking at how years of poor rainfall have affected millions of subsistence farmers, pushing many into food insecurity and forcing a vast number of people to migrate in order to survive.
- Introduction
- Guatemala’s Cicig shuts its doors
- Belize pleases US with Taiwan policy
- Worsening drought could cripple Central America
- Roosevelt looking for resounding victory in Dominica
- Towards a contested election in Guyana
- Harris highlights St Kitts & Nevis’s economic success but warns on resilience
- New report points to the Caribbean’s “extreme vulnerability” to climate change
- Cuban economy feels the heat from tighter US sanctions
- Some Cuban retailers begin to sell goods priced in US-dollars
- Economic Highlights