Foreign reserves — Living in need with money in the bank
Caribbean countries find it necessary to hold large reserves of foreign currency in order to protect the value of their ...
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OP ED: The Caribbean’s moment: Catalysing growth through ‘One Caribbean’
# Low growth rates resulting from limited investment are leading to bottlenecks to boosting productivity and limiting ...
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74% of Latin American, Caribbean countries highly exposed to extreme weather events, affecting food security –new UN report shows
CHANGING patterns of climate variability and extreme weather events are negatively affecting all dimensions of food security, and exacerbating other ...
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Kenyan Police Reinforcements Bolster Haiti's Fight Against Gangs
A contingent of 144 Kenyan police officers arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as part of a UN-backed multinational force to combat gang violence. Kenya's interior ministry announced the deployment on ...
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Raise carbon taxes, reform fossil fuel subsidies to meet LATAM and Caribbean climate targets -UN report
Latin American and Caribbean countries would see increased revenues from hiking carbon taxes and reforming fossil fuel subsidies - equipping the region with the finance needed to deliver on Paris ...
Historic step forward for ocean governance in the Caribbean
The Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM) for the wider Caribbean has been officially activated marking a significant ...
Climate change is disrupting food systems across Latin America, UN report says
Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in ...
Soldiers from El Salvador join UN-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence
Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help fight gangs that killed thousands of people last year and control much of ...
Marco Rubio is visiting the Dominican Republic – but the crucial topic will be Haiti
People don’t talk about the Dominican Republic enough and they face a real challenge because of Haiti and the instability ...
Extreme Weather Raises Hunger Risk in Latin America, UN Says
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Climate variability and extreme weather events stalk at least 20 Latin American countries and increase ...
US freezes some funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen ...
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Kenya deploys female police officers to Haiti as US freezes funding
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen saw off the contingent of 144 police officers, that included 24 female officers. Kenya has already sent 600 officers to Haiti.