Caribbean & Central America

Caribbean & Central America - May 2023

Honduras’s defence ministry recently announced that in the first quarter of 2023 over 1.8m coca plants were seized and seven drug processing laboratories destroyed.

Caribbean & Central America - April 2023

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Introduction
- Introduction
Central America
- NICARAGUA: Crackdown enters new phase
- PANAMA: A violent start to the year
- EL SALVADOR: US indictment sheds more light on negotiations with gangs
- HONDURAS: Castro government establishes ties with China at the expense of Taiwan
- GUATEMALA: IMF praises economic “resilience”
Caribbean
- REGION: Managing migration in the Caribbean
- GUYANA: Guyana courted on all sides
- REGION: Tourism recovery is gathering pace
- BELIZE: Shrinking the debt
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights

“Unprecedented in Latin American recent history”.

Caribbean & Central America - March 2023

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Introduction
- Introduction
Central America
- HONDURAS: Wave of activist killings piles fresh pressure on Castro
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele claims victory, hails dismantling of gangs
- COSTA RICA/REGION: Costa Rica registers largest fall in transparency rankings
- EL SALVADOR: Ratings agencies sound note of cautious optimism, but poverty rate rises
Caribbean
- SURINAME: Frustrations boil over
- REGION: Strengthening early warning systems
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
- CUBA: What chances of debt renegotiation?
- JAMAICA: Is this a Caribbean success story?
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights

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

Caribbean & Central America - February 2023

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Introduction
- Introduction
Central America
- REGION: A dire year for press freedom in Central America
- COSTA RICA/REGION: Costa Rica registers record homicides in 2022
- EL SALVADOR: Security plan enters new phase
- PANAMA: Vital mining sector remains in limbo
- HONDURAS: Controversial new budget will be largest in Central America
Caribbean
- HAITI: An overview of the country’s main gangs
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: No change in Antigua
- REGION: Capacity and resilience building for Caribbean small island states
- THE BAHAMAS: Economics of a crypto blowout
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Venezuela deal has regional potential
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights

In December, the US-based press freedom group Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warned that 2022 was the most violent year for the press in Latin America and the Caribbean for the last two decades.

Caribbean & Central America - January 2023

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Introduction
- Introduction
Central America
- HONDURAS: Castro gets tough on gangs
- GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina convicted
- NICARAGUA: New report highlights extent of NGO closures
- REGION: Vital coffee industry facing serious challenges, says new report
- REGION: Costa Rica maintains position as largest receiver of FDI
- COSTA RICA: Fiscal deficit progress as first external bond issuance since 2019 approved
Caribbean
- CUBA: Cuba faces little chance of strong recovery in 2023
- DOMINICA: Skerrit capitalises on opposition boycott
- REGION: Dutch PM’s slavery apology fails to still calls for reparations
- GUYANA: Race continues to dominate Guyana politics
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
Economic Highlights
- Economic Highlights

Despite having pledged to demilitarise citizen security in her 2021 election manifesto, Honduras’s President Xiomara Castro and her leftist Partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) government would instead appear to be following the lead of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in suspending constitutional guarantees and cracking down on gangs.