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St Lucia hosts 3rd Annual Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Festival
By NELCIA CHARLEMAGNE From St Lucia Star Given the close historical bond between the Caribbean region and Central and South America, the five Latin American embassies have collaborated with the St Lucia Audiovisual and Film Association to present the Latin…
Innovation the focus at LatAm-Caribbean conclave
From Dominican Today Caracas.- Representatives from 26 Member States will meet from 28 to 30 November in Caracas, Venezuela, for the XLIII Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), the highest…
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Latin America and Caribbean urgently need strong, legally binding treaty on environmental rights, say UN experts
Press release by the Office of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights. 27 NOVEMBER 2017|PRESS RELEASE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS GENEVA (27 November 2017) – UN rights experts* are urging governments in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Sir Ronald Sanders: The effect of a strong President Xi in the Caribbean
By Sir Ronald Sanders From WIC News On 24 October, at its 19th Party Congress in Beijing, China’s Communist Party formally elevated President Xi Jinping to the revered status of legendary leaders, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. The Congress wrote…
UN urges Caribbean to work with China in digital revolution
SANTIAGO, Chile, (CMC) — The executive secretary of the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena has urged the region and China to “advance together” towards the digital revolution and the green economy. “We…
ECLAC & ILO release joint publication on Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Urban unemployment will keep rising in Latin America and the Caribbean and is seen reaching 9.4% in 2017 In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth,…
Marco Rubio, Bill Cassidy push to increase natural gas exportation to Latin America, Caribbean
By KEVIN DERBY From Sunshine State News On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., to unveil a proposal allowing more small-scale natural gas exportation. Rubio and Cassidy introduced the “Small Scale LNG…
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Eradicating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030 is becoming increasingly unlikely
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UN FAO and PAHO warn that hunger has increased in six countries and now affects 2.4…
Caribbean grassroots declare support for Palestinian statehood
From Middle East Monitor Delegates from some of the largest grassroots organisations in Latin America have “condemned the refusal of certain Caribbean countries to recognise the legitimate right of the people of Palestine to sovereign statehood”. The representatives declared their…
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Latin American and Caribbean Service Members join forces in anti-chemical weapons exercise
By Nelza Oliveira From Diálogo The Regional Assistance and Protection Exercise for Member States of the Latin American and Caribbean Region brought together service members and representatives of chemical emergency response agencies from Brazil and 18 other countries in Latin…
