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Haiti’s Lamothe, in Chile, Urges Deeper Integration With Latin America

Above: Haiti Prime Minister (right) in Santiago (Photo: OPM Haiti) By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe visited Santiago, Chile, this week, attending the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet and urging deeper ties with the Latin American region. In […]

Museum of Latin American, Caribbean Art Planned in Miami

Above: Gary Nader Fine Art in Miami’s Wynwood neighbourhood By the Caribbean Journal staff Noted art collector Gary Nader is planning to build what he is calling a “world-class” Latin American Art Museum in Miami, he announced Tuesday. In a […]

St Thomas Office Building Receives LEED Platinum Certification

Above: the building in St Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff The new office of St Thomas-based architecture firm Springline Architects has received LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council for its new headquarters. The property, which is […]

IFC Names Director For Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: IFC headquarters in Washington By the Caribbean Journal staff The IFC has named Irene Arias its new Director for the Latin America and Caribbean region. Arias, who will be based in Bogota, will oversee the IFC’s Investment and Advisory […]

Op-Ed: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Opportunity in Latin America

By Jim Yong Kim Op-Ed Contributor LATIN AMERICA has had a good decade. Over the last 10 years, economic growth averaged 4.2 percent, and 70 million people escaped poverty. Macroeconomic stability, open trade policies and pro-business investment climates have supported […]

Antigua Names Former LIAT CEO New Ambassador to Latin America

Above: Antigua (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda has appointed former LIAT CEO Brian Challenger as the country’s new non-resident Ambassador to Latin America. Challenger will serve as the country’s representative to Latin American countries including […]

IDB, EU Sign Agreement on Latin American, Caribbean Development

Above: Fort de France, Martinique (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank and the European Union have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at enhancing cooperation to improve development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The […]

Haiti, Latin American Officials Hold Talks on Energy Sector

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian officials were joined this week by members of the Latin American Energy Association for talks on the country’s energy sector. Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe led the working meeting, joined […]

China to Provide $2 Billion for IDB Latin America and Caribbean Fund

Above: the Chinese Embassy in Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank and the People’s Bank of China have approved a new fund to support private and public sector projects that promote “sustainable economic growth” in Latin […]

IFC Names Haiti Native as VP for Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: the IFC’s headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has named Haiti native Jean Philippe Prosper its new vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean. Prosper, whose portfolio will also […]

In St Barth, Savoring Latin America

Above: Bonito in St Barth By Alexander Britell TINY ST BARTH is a sandy slice of mainland France, an outpost of the Cote D’Azur in the Caribbean. But on Rue Lubin Brin in Gustavia, perched on a hillside, Chef Laurent […]

Op-Ed: Building on a Decade of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Hasan Tuluy Op-Ed Contributor NEXT YEAR marks a decade since Latin America and the Caribbean took a dramatic turn for the better. After decades of stagnation, the region began a speedy economic and social transformation in 2003 that […]

Marriott Names First-Ever Regional President for Caribbean, Latin America

Above: the Scrub Island resort in BVI, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection By the Caribbean Journal staff Marriott has named company veteran Craig Smith as its first-ever president for the Caribbean and Latin America, citing the “increasing importance” of the […]

Starwood’s Aloft Brand to Open Panama Hotel as Part of Latin American Expansion

Above: renderings of the Aloft Panama By the Caribbean Journal staff Starwood’s Aloft brand will be opening an Aloft Panama hotel in 2013 as part of an expansion in the Latin American region, the company announced this week. Aloft Panama […]

Wyndham Hotel Group Names New VP for Latin American Region

Above: the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach in the Dominican Republic’s La Romana By the Caribbean Journal staff Wyndham Hotel Group has named Luis Mirabelli as its new vice president for development for Latin America, the company announced Thursday. In the […]

Survey: Latin American, Caribbean Banks Plan to Increase Credit for SMEs

Above: downtown Basseterre (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Around 77 percent of banks in Latin America and the Caribbean expect to increase credit for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a survey conducted by the Inter-American Development […]

Haiti Presents Tourism Projects to Latin American, Caribbean Partners

Above: Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin (far right) with Haiti’s Latin American and Caribbean partners By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin met this week with representatives of 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to […]

ECLAC: Planning for Development “Back” in Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: Antonio Prado and Jose Antonio Ocampo (ECLAC Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Planning for development is “back with a renewed strength and complex challenges” in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to Antonio Prado, deputy executive secretary at […]

Op-Ed: Sustainable Green Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Hasan Tuluy Op-Ed Contributor Economic and social development has emerged as the twin pillars of Latin America and the Caribbean’s strategy to create a more equitable, modern society. After decades of struggling to find the right balance between growth […]

Canada, IDB Partner to Finance Green Fund for Caribbean and Latin America

By the Caribbean Journal staff Canada and the Inter-American Development Bank are partnering on a fund aimed at financing green investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. Canada has already committed just over $253 million to create the Canadian Climate […]

China-IDB Fund Could Mobilize $1 Billion for Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno (IDB Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Export-Import Bank of China and the Inter-American Development Bank are working to create an investment platform for Latin America and the Caribbean that could create as […]

Latin America and Caribbean “Resilient” to European Debt, Chinese Deceleration

Above: Nassau (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean remain “resilient” to a possible slowdown in world economic growth stemming from a potential deepening of the European debt crisis deceleration in China, […]

IDB Ramps Up Lending for Green Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: Green energy is growing in the region, with projects like the WindWatt Wind Farm in Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank is increasing its lending for private sector projects related to renewable energy […]

China and OAS to Increase Collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean

Above: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Chinese official Yang Wanming (OAS Photo/Jose Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff China and the Organization of American States are looking at new options to further collaborate on projects and programmes […]

IDB: Latin America and Caribbean on Right Path, but Not Immune to Turbulence

Above: IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno in Haiti (Photo: Catianne Tijerina) By the Caribbean Journal staff Latin America and the Caribbean are closing a year marked by economic gains, but the region is not immune to external shocks, according to […]

Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Meets in Venezuela

By the Caribbean Journal staff The new 33-nation Community of Latin American and Caribbean States began its inaugural conference in Caracas today. A host of Caribbean leaders are attending the Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development, including […]

Examining the Caribbean Region’s Historical Connections to Latin America

Above: Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Anthony Johnson (standing), delivers a lecture on: ‘Historic Relations between Jamaica and the English-speaking Caribbean and Latin America’, at Canning House, in London, on July 19. Director General of Canning House, Dr […]

Editorial: Looking to Latin America

Brazilian air carrier TAM A Caribbean Journal editorial The shortest distance between Trinidad and Venezuela, at the Paria peninsula, is just seven miles. But as the World Bank’s most recent Global Economic Prospects report showed this week, the economic distance […]

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