A global rescue and relief effort is underway as Venezuela continues to reel from the effects of two devastating earthquakes that rocked the country on June 24th.
Yet another Caribbean country is ‘eyeing up’ its oil exploration potential. With Guyana now well established as ‘the next big thing’ in the global oil industry and Jamaica showing early indications of economically game-changing oil prospects, Barbados now hopes it will be next in line.
In what is widely seen as a response to the intensifying pressure from the Trump administration, the Cuban government has hurriedly punished through a series of dramatic reforms in the past few days.
Two recent high-level conferences have highlighted China’s growing presence and influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
It’s billed as “the first Special Economic Zone of its kind in the Caribbean”, which its developers say “is expected to substantially increase the GDP of St Kitts & Nevis and the entire Eastern Caribbean.”
The United States continues to pile pressure on Cuba as speculation mounts over what might be the next step of the Trump administration toward the communist-run island.
Grenada is deepening economic ties with Africa through visa-free access, planned direct air links and an aggressive investment drive targeting sectors ranging from healthcare and agriculture to real estate and financial services.
Jamaica’s scotch bonnet production is so low that it has caused a shortage of output of hot pepper sauce.
St Lucia’s Olympic president has accused CARICOM of failing athletes and sporting bodies by not making inter-Caribbean movement more affordable and accessible.
The decision by the United States government to deny a visa to the newly elected president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has sparked a regional debate over how this could affect the organisation’s operations, which has its headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.