Solis Wins the Costa Rican Presidential Election with 78% of the Votes
San Jose, Costa Rica. Presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solís took 77.88% of the votes in the second round of elections according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which makes him the new...
View ArticleFCCA Conference & Trade Show Registration Now Open
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.PRNewswire-USNewswireRegistration is now open for the 2014 FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show, taking place in St. Maarten from October 6-10, 2014. The event will gather over...
View ArticleWhat Can Russia Learn From The Caribbean?
NEW YORK, NY: Russia can learn a lot from the Caribbean on branding itself as an inbound tourism destination after Sochi.That's according to new Invest Caribbean Now President, Sheila Newton-Moses, who...
View ArticleWORLD BANK REPORT: Caribbean and Central American partnership for catastrophe...
When the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility’s (CCRIF) was the first institution able to mobilize emergency funds within the first two weeks of the disaster...
View ArticleWB Appoints New Director for Central America
WASHINGTON, July 2, 2014 – The World Bank announced the appointment of J. Humberto Lopez as its Director for Central America, effective yesterday. Lopez is a renowned expert in Central American...
View ArticleTo stop impunity on high seas, drug traffickers must be prosecuted, says...
UNODC hosts special event to discuss rise of maritime southern route for narcotics trafficking and the prosecution of drug traffickers caught in international waters.Vienna, 9 September 2014 - Speaking...
View ArticleBelize and Guatemala en route to solve territorial dispute sponsored by O
The signing for the amendment of the Agreement the two governments signed in 2008 took place at the Organization of American States headquarters with Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza attending the...
View ArticleUSAID Program Benefiting At-Risk Youth Expands to Central America
WASHINGTON, D.C. - To increase educational and employment opportunities for at-risk youth, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will expand its “A Ganar” program in Central America....
View ArticleCentral America: Migrants Victimized at Home and During Journe
NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY—Central American migrants in Mexico are reporting extremely high levels of violence during their journey north, and are listing the dire security situation in their countries as...
View ArticleUN calls for urgent regional coordination to aid refugees fleeing Central...
14 January 2016 -- The United Nations refugee agency today called for urgent regional coordination to help people fleeing deadly violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in the light of plans by...
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