By: Staff Writer June 21, 2022 Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia’s presidency on Sunday, the…
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To Protect Our Future, Caribbean Nations Must Fight Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
June 21, 2022 For generations, fishing and our relationship to the ocean have shaped the cultural heritage of our home nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and…
World Bank approves $20m to support primary health care service delivery in Haiti
June 21, 2022 The Board of Directors of the World Bank on Thursday approved additional financing of $20 million for the Project to Strengthen Primary Health Care and Surveillance in…
CDB changes methodology in its RDA policy
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com June 17, 2022 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it will now include an “Internal Resistance Framework (IRA) into its heavily touted Recovery Duration Adjuster, RDA…
ECLAC: Access to financing strained by Ukraine war!
By: Staff Writer June 17, 2022 The Ukraine war is limiting access to financing says a United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report. ECLAC, in…
Maduro: We need a world beyond Imperial arrogance
By: Staff Writer June 14, 2022 Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, addressed the Summit of the Americas via video to the “People’s Summit of Democracy” held simultaneously with the Summit…
Cuba’s Diaz-Canel: YOU WON’T DEPRIVE US OF OUR VOICE!
By: Staff Writer June 14, 2022 Cuba was not invited to last week’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, but that didn’t mean that the country would not have…
Hurricane center watches possible Caribbean tropical system
By Roger Simmons Orlando Sentinel June 14, 2022 The US National Hurricane Center forecasters are keeping an eye out for a tropical system that could develop later this week over the…
PRO MUJER JOINS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND PARTNERSHIP FOR CENTRAL AMERICA IN PUSHING FOR GENDER EQUITY
June 14, 2022 On Thursday, June 9, 2022 Alphabet’s Google announced its commitment to invest $1.2 billion in Latin America over the next five years to support economic development and digital transformation…
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL SIGNS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH SALVANATURA TO SUPPORT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS
June 14, 2022 Heifer International, today announced a strategic alliance with SalvaNATURA, the Ecological Foundation of El Salvador, to develop and implement projects that improve agricultural productivity, facilitate the economic advancement…