IAF welcomes new Advisory Council Members
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Inter-American Foundation’s (IAF) board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Sabatini, a lecturer of international relations and policy at Columbia University, and Matthew Swift, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Concordia…
Regional Consultations in Latin America and the Caribbean leading up to the UN Commission on the Status of Women call for rights and dignity of rural women
From UN Women Regional consultations for Latin America and the Caribbean in the lead up to the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) started on 6 February in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The consultation convened Ministers and…
China offers better model for LatAm
From Ecns.cn Attack on nation’s policy by U.S. official ‘baseless’ China is taking a mutually beneficial approach to economic cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, while the U.S. is seeking to preserve its dominant position in the region under…
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Glavin: Party time in Davos while the world burns
By Terry Glavin, Special to Postmedia Network From owensound suntimes Against a backdrop of shuddering and implosion in the key institutions of the liberal world order, it wasn’t easy to discern anything encouraging in the 48th annual gathering of the…
Caribbean migrants sent record amount of money home in 2016
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — While remittance flows decreased worldwide for a second consecutive year in 2016 – remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, however, rose to a record high. This is based on recently released data from the…
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Los Angeles County woman becomes first to contract Zika virus locally via sexual contact
By SUSAN ABRAM From Daily Breeze A Los Angeles County woman has become the first local person to acquire the Zika virus through sexual contact after her partner returned from Mexico, public health officials announced Thursday. Her partner, a male…
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Cayman Islands achieves largest air arrivals in November history
For the sixth consecutive month (June through November), air arrivals into the Cayman Islands have surpassed all previously recorded statistics. A total of 34,999 visitors arrived in November, an increase of 19.66% over November 2016. The statistics reflect a consistent…
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Venezuela’s oil industry staggers closer to collapse: A positive catalyst for oil
By Caiman Valore From Seeking Alpha Summary Venezuela’s debt default significantly increases the likelihood of further significant production declines for PDVSA. The dual impact of sanctions and declining export income could cause Venezuela’s oil industry to collapse. The loss of…
A Caribbean increasingly more prosperous, equitable, secure, and united is possible
Full text of speech presented by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of stare and Ministers, during the VI Caricom-Cuba Summit. Antigua and Barbuda, December 8, 2017, Year 59 of the Revolutio Author: Raúl Castro Ruz |…
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After 25 months of going backwards, Caribbean and Latin American exports are ticking upwards … with e-commerce leading the way
By John McCarthy Frpm ViFreePress WASHINGTON – Following 25 months of uninterrupted contraction, exports of goods from the Caribbean and Latin America (LAC) are back on the path to growth. After shrinking by 3.3 percent in 2016, the year-on-year growth…
