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Caribbean & Central America - December 2019
Progress made on Comprehensive Development Plan, but its future remains unclear
Foreign Ministers from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador met in September at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, to discuss the implementation of the Comprehensive Development Plan for Central America. The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) was commissioned by these four governments in December 2018 to produce the plan, and while its final version was published back in March, it remains unclear exactly how these recommendations will be put into practice. The plan has won strong support from numerous foreign governments and international organisations, but questions have been raised in some corners, particularly over the issue of migration management that is increasingly dominating the discussion.
- Introduction
- Progress made on Comprehensive Development Plan, but its future remains unclear
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- New report sheds light on forced migration of Nicaraguans to Costa Rica
- Security concerns mount as UN ends its peacekeeping presence
- Tensions rise ahead of election
- Trinidad rejects IMF as Jamaica graduates with flying colours
- Bouterse sentenced for murder ahead of elections
- A change in the mood music
- Economic Highlights