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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 11 February 2020
From Security & Strategic Review
Since assuming the presidency in May 2018, Carlos Alvarado and Costa Rica’s centre-left ruling Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) have overseen promising improvements in public security.... Read More
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele began 2020 by trumpeting a dramatic reduction in homicides since taking office for a five-year term in June 2019.... Read More
In January 2020 Haiti marked the ten-year anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake which left over 220,000 reported dead and forced 1.5m into displacement.... Read More
A year ago, in January 2019, a split within the Caribbean Community (Caricom), and between leading Caricom members and the US, developed over policy towards Venezuela.... Read More
From LatinNews Daily
On 10 February the constitutional chamber (SC) of El Salvador’s supreme court admitted an appeal against an order issued by President Nayib Bukele’s council of ministers for the legislature to convene to approve a loan for Bukele’s national security plan.... Read More
* International credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the Costa Rican government’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured bond ratings to 'B2' from 'B1' and changed its rating outlook to 'stable' from 'negative'.... Read More
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