Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI)
Today [Nov 19], during a town hall with 1000 young leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, President Obama will announce a series of investments and new programs in support of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) which was launched in 2015. …
Latin America and the Caribbean at the forefront of climate action
By Matilde Mord From UNDP In this blog series, UNDP experts share their perspectives in the lead-up to the next climate summit, COP22, taking place in November in Marrakech, Morocco. Latin American and Caribbean countries have long been at the…
EU support to the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Brussels, 26 October 2016 During the EU-CELAC ministerial meeting held in Santo Domingo on 25-26 October 2016, the European Union is announcing new programmes of over €74 million to support sustainable development in Latin America (€30 million) and the Caribbean…
Regional Conference on Women opens with strong condemnation of gender violence
From Caribbean News Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 26 2016 – The XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean opened here Tuesday with a strong condemnation of violence against women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The…
IDB helps thousands of Caribbean SMEs do business with China
From Trinidad Express WASHINGTON, Oct. 23,CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it is helping thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) do business with Canada. The IDB said 3,000 business meetings…
DB helps thousands of Caribbean SMES do business with China
From wiredja WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it is helping thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) do business with Canada. The IDB said 3,000 business meetings were held…
Action Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean
From GROUNDSWELL Since the last regional meeting in Brazil, our Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) partners have taken a great stride to consolidate a regional program, through an action-learning framework that provides a common “roadmap” yet celebrates the diversity of…
Dry Tropical Forests in the Caribbean and Latin America under Threat
Inventory of woody plants reveals loss of plant diversity By Zoё Hoyle, From SRS Science Communications The climate and fertile soils of the dry tropical forests of Latin America and the Caribbean have been important to humans as areas to…
C&W Communications expands network with Ericsson across Caribbean and Panama
C&W’s customers to enjoy best-in-class high speed, high performance network to address increasing data traffic demands Expansion is currently underway and expected to be completed in November 2016 Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core expansion includes both 3G and Long-Term…
City of North Las Vegas Mayor joins Latin and Caribbean Community at Las Vegas Latin Caribbean Carnival Press Conference
From Houston Style Magazine Las Vegas, NV_10/5/2016 Members of the Las Vegas Valley’s growing Latin, Caribbean and West Indian community were joined by North Las Vegas City Mayor, John Lee, on Monday October 3 2016 at a press conference at…





