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Hotel Tracker: True Blue Bay Hotel in Grenada for $212 a Night in March

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The road curves past marinas and low hills on Grenada’s southwest coast, then drops toward Prickly Bay, where sailboats rest at anchor and the water stays calm through most of the day. True Blue Bay Hotel sits right along the edge of the bay, close enough that you see masts and ripples from balconies and […]

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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 include Sub-Saharan Africa, will be based in Johannesburg after a short transition. “Our activities in […]

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Op-Ed: CELAC and the United States

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor CELAC, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, is the newest addition to the alphabet soup of Caribbean multi-national organizations. The organization, formed in 2010, has 33 member states, including 16 from the greater Caribbean region, a new regional bloc of independent modern states in the western hemisphere who […]

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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 will be built in two phases. The first, 126-room phase will open in 2013, with […]


Op-Ed: CELAC and the United States

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 new role, Mirabelli, who joins Wyndham from RCI Latin America, will be responsible for leading […]

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 the UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean. Prado was speaking Monday at […]

Interview with Barbados Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy

Above: Tourism Minister Richard Sealy (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell The Caribbean tourism sector is in a period of change, as the region seeks to emerge from the global downturn. As Caribbean nations like Barbados look to move beyond the traditional “sun, sand and sea” attraction, they are increasingly moving to diversify their tourism product […]

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 and equality, the region has leaped forward, lifting more than 73 million out of poverty […]

Interview with Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer

Above: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell BRIDGETOWN — Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and his United Progressive Party have led Antigua and Barbuda’s government since 2004, when, as leader of the opposition, he unseated the Antigua Labour Party. Spencer has also been the country’s Foreign Minister since 2005, and has made diplomacy […]

Bahamas Launching Five-Year Plan to Address Drugs, Transnational Crime

Above: Bahamian National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is launching a national plan to tackle what the government considers a still-serious drug problem. Drug abuse is manifesting itself most frequently in the use of marijuana, according to National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest. “Attitudes are also driving the […]

Regional Economy Poised to Grow, But English-Speaking Caribbean Vulnerable

Above: the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington By the Caribbean Journal staff The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean are poised to grow despite persistent global volatility, according to a new report from the World Bank. The report, “Latin America Copes with Volatility, The Dark Side of Globalization,” finds that portfolio flows to the […]

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, according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s 2012 Macroeconomic Report. The report looks at two major […]

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