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COVID-19, the Caribbean and what comes next

By Scott B. MacDonald / July 2, 2020

From positive forecasts to shrinking economies, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on the Caribbean. How will the region recover?
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A Cuban lifeline to CARICOM

By Wazim Mowla / May 7, 2020

In looking for pragmatic solutions to address the COVID-19 crisis, and given the absence of global leadership during the pandemic, Caribbean governments ...
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The shifting tides in Caribbean international relations: Jamaica, China and the United States

By Scott B. MacDonald / December 19, 2019

The development of closer China-Jamaica relations underscore the shifting tides in international relations to what increasingly looks like a new Cold War ...
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Candidates for the 2021-2024 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan / May 22, 2019

On May 21st, five candidates presented their credentials for membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2021-2024 term. Four ...
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Caribbean: 2030 Trends

November 26, 2018

The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how ...
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The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?

By Victoria Gaytan / March 2, 2018

With three visits by high-ranking officials from the U.S. government, February was the busiest month for Latin America in the Trump administration.
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The 2015 Top 10 Events in LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Javier Corrales / January 2, 2016

Despite legal setbacks in Peru and El Salvador and retrograde rhetoric from the newly-elected President of Guatemala and the Catholic cardinal of the ...
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World Bank’s financial inclusion numbers for Latin America and the Caribbean

June 5, 2015

A snapshot of the World Bank's data on financial inclusion in Latin America.
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