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20 years of Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
From Reliefweb Located over the Pacific’s Nazca tectonic plate, the North American plate and the Caribbean plate which are constantly shifting, the region suffers frequent, powerful earthquakes that devastate the region; in April 2015, Ecuador was shaken by a magnitude…
Caribbean finance ministers urged to implement bold integration agenda
From Trinidad Express Caribbean Finance Ministers are being urged to implement a bold integration agenda, as they meet here with international lending agencies aimed at stimulating growth and development in the region. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says that finance…
HBO celebrates 25 years in Latin America and the Caribbean with commemorative programming throughout the month of October
MIAMI, Fla. – September 30, 2016 – This October, HBO celebrates 25 years as the leading provider of premium content in Latin America and the Caribbean. To commemorate the milestone, HBO will offer a series of special programming events throughout…
Rural Latin American and Caribbean areas need targeted agricultural policies, investments – UN
From UN News Centre 30 September 2016 – Economic growth is not enough to eliminate poverty in rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, and governments need targeted policies and investments for agricultural development and correct historic inequality experienced…
Latin American and Caribbean region leading climate action
Press Release: UNFCCC More than Two Thirds of Latin American and Caribbean Nations’ Climate Action Plans Refer to a Price on Carbon Panama City, 30 September 2016 – Countries in Latin American and the Caribbean region are among the most…
Cayman Islands seeking Latin American business
By Becky Butcher From Captive Insurance Times Latin America is an “important market” for Cayman captives, according to JS de Jager, board member of the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC). Representatives of the Cayman captive insurance industry are set…
Labor demand in Latin America and the Caribbean: what does it tell us?
By Daniel S. Hamermesh* *Edward Everett Hale Centennial Professor, University of Texas at Austin and research associate, National Bureau of Economic Research and Institut für die Zukunft der Arbeit. I. Introduction The central questions in labor demand deal with the…
C&W Networks and TE SubCom extend Pan-Caribbean Partnership to provide capacity upgrades to multiple cable systems
SubCom’s ECLink Regional Upgrade Will Enable C&W Networks to Fulfill Broadband, IP Capacity and Service Demands Across a Fast-Growing Region EATONTOWN, NJ and MIAMI, FL–(Marketwired – Sep 21, 2016) – C&W Networks, a division of Cable & Wireless Communications, (C&W),…
Uruguay, Chile and Costa Rica with 60% household internet penetration
From Merco Press The State of Broadband 2016 report, released by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean shows that 43.4% of all households in the region were connected to the Internet in 2015, nearly doubling the figure…
Healthcare in Latin America and the Caribbean: a democratic challenge
By ISGlobal and Democracia Abierta From Open Democracy In the most unequal region in the world, progressively consolidated democratic aspirations cannot be met without comprehensively addressing the causes of the precarious health. Español In recent decades, progress in Latin American…
