Caribbean & Central America - March 2023

At least eight human rights defenders (HRDs) have been killed since the start of the year in northern Honduras.... Read More

At least eight human rights defenders (HRDs) have been killed since the start of the year in northern Honduras, in the Bajo Aguán Valley, the site of long-running conflicts between peasant farmers and large landowners.... Read More

President Nayib Bukele recently trumpeted the acknowledgement by some of his leading critics that the state of emergency in place since late March 2022 to crack down on gangs, has succeeded in dismantling the presence of gangs in the country.... Read More

The latest Global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), by Berlin-based anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI), released on 31 January, revealed that Costa Rica had dropped four points since 2021, receiving its second-lowest rating ever - the most significant drop of any country in the region.... Read More

International financial institutions have praised El Salvador’s recent efforts to repay creditors, but the resulting hit to social spending has pushed tens of thousands into extreme poverty.... Read More

When Suriname’s President Chandrikapersad Santokhi took office on 13 July 2020, he was welcomed by a downgrading of Suriname to “selective default” by the ratings agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor’s.... Read More

On 6 February, Barbados hosted the first regional launch of the United Nations’ Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL).... Read More

***PROGRESS ON FOOD SECURITY.... Read More

The High Court in London has heard a case involving a foreign debt dispute between CRF 1, a Cayman Island registered investment fund, and the government of Cuba.... Read More

Jamaica has reaped praise for its macro-economic management in the latest Article IV consultation report written by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and published on 8 February.... Read More

PANAMA | New free zones.... Read More