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Caribbean & Central America - March 2022
Introduction
Less than three weeks after Honduras’s now former president Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) and his Partido Nacional government left office, replaced by President Xiomara Castro and her leftist Partido Libertad y Refundación, Hernández was arrested in line with a US request for his extradition on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.... Read More
Central America
Less than three weeks after the now former president Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022) and his Partido Nacional (PN) government left office, replaced by President Xiomara Castro and her leftist Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre), Hernández was arrested in line with a US request for his extradition on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.... Read More
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), its Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression, and the Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean have recently sounded the alarm regarding new evidence of the use of spyware Pegasus for illegal surveillance of journalists and civil society organisations that investigate and report on matters of public interest in El Salvador.... Read More
In January President Alejandro Giammattei marked the mid-way point of his four-year mandate.... Read More
On 10 February, Nicaragua’s government led by President Daniel Ortega announced plans for closer cooperation with Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom on energy, medical, and nuclear projects.... Read More
Even those countries popular with tourists prior to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic have struggled to recover visitor numbers as the pandemic has ebbed and flowed, but a number of regional initiatives are working to boost the industry.... Read More
Caribbean
There is no doubt that Guyana is the current success story of the Caribbean.... Read More
February 2022 was a busy month in the Caribbean for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).... Read More
*** ANTIGUA’S PREMIER EYES EARLY POLL.... Read More
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- Introduction
- HONDURAS: Hernández’s arrest – a turning point in Honduras?
- EL SALVADOR: Spying scandal reignites press freedom concerns
- GUATEMALA: Giammattei’s security claims raise eyebrows
- NICARAGUA: Deepening ties with Russia amid increasing international isolation
- REGION: Working together to boost regional tourism
- GUYANA & SURINAME: Challenges ahead for Guyana and Suriname
- REGION: A busy month in the Caribbean for IMF
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
- Economic Highlights