From positive forecasts to shrinking economies, the COVID-19 pandemic has has a drastic effect on the Caribbean. How will the region recover?
COVID-19, the Caribbean and what comes next
By Scott B. MacDonald /
Cuba
A Cuban lifeline to CARICOM
By Wazim Mowla /
In looking for pragmatic solutions to address the COVID-19 crisis, and given the absence of global leadership during the pandemic, Caribbean governments are seeking support from long-time partner, Cuba.
Asia & Latin America
The shifting tides in Caribbean international relations: Jamaica, China and the United States
By Scott B. MacDonald /
The development of closer China-Jamaica relations underscore the shifting tides in international relations to what increasingly looks like a new Cold War in the Caribbean.
Human Rights & Social Inclusion
Candidates for the 2021-2024 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan /
On May 21st, five candidates presented their credentials for membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2021-2024 term. Four posts need to be filled.
U.S.-Latin America Relations
Caribbean: 2030 Trends
The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations in the Caribbean by 2030.
U.S.-Latin America Relations
The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?
By Victoria Gaytan /
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With three visits by high-ranking officials from the U.S. government, February was the busiest month for Latin America in the Trump administration.
Human Rights & Social Inclusion
The 2015 Top 10 Events in LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Javier Corrales /
Despite legal setbacks in Peru and El Salvador and retrograde rhetoric from the newly-elected President of Guatemala and the Catholic cardinal of the Dominican Republic, overall LGBT civil, human and political rights continued to make gains across the region.
Economics, Trade & Development
World Bank’s financial inclusion numbers for Latin America and the Caribbean
A snapshot of the World Bank’s data on financial inclusion in Latin America.
Human Rights & Social Inclusion
The other history making moment at the Summit: LGBT rights
By Kirsten Cowal /
While all attention at the Summit of the Americas—where the President was en route—was understandably, if somewhat predictably, drawn to Cuba’s historic presence at the Summit and the anticipated conduct of Venezuela’s President Maduro when he met President Obama, the attention given to LGBT rights was historic as well.