News From the Caribbean

07 June
ECLAC
New ECLAC Report Examines the Performance of the Region's Economies in the First Few Months of 2012
(7 June 2012) In the first quarter of 2012, there was less of a slowdown in economic activity in the region's countries than the one observed during the second semester of 2011. The scale of and reasons behind the performance, as well as the implications of the subsequent...
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29 May
Mexico
SELA
El Salvador con nuevos proyectos turísticos en cooperación con México
San Salvador, 29 de mayo.- En el marco del XIX Congreso Interamericano de Turismo 2011, el Ministerio de Turismo a través de la Corporación Salvadoreña de Turismo y la Secretaría de Turismo de México realizaron la firma de un memorándum de entendimiento para fortalecer los lazos...
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29 May
Trinidad & Tobago
Newsday
Devant wants better Port
TRANSPORT Minister Devant Maharaj says a newly introduced software operating system would allow cargo to be cleared faster and at lesser cost than what applies at present to clients, at the port of Port-of-Spain.
28 May
St Kitts & Nevis
SKN Vibes
FAREWELL TO DR. SIMEON DANIEL – Pioneer, Premier & Bridge-Builder
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – AS THE FEDERATION bids farewell to Dr. Simeon Daniel, former Premier of Nevis, who died on Sunday May 27 2012, history will record that he was a pioneering force and steered the course of events that had far reaching outcomes for the twin-island...
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28 May
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Panamá
Cancillería presenta dos proyectos para beneficio nacional e internacional
El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores presentó este lunes ante representantes del Cuerpo Diplomático Organismos Internacionales y de la Cámara Panameña de la Construcción, dos proyectos prioritarios del Gobierno Nacional, el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para América...
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28 May
Caribbean News Digital
Países del Mundo Maya relanzarán gran circuito turístico a partir de este año
Más de 90 destinos en Belice, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador y cuatro estados del sureste de México, las naciones integradas en el proyecto Mundo Maya, se conectarán en los próximos años mediante nuevas frecuencias aéreas, dos rutas náuticas y un gran circuito por carretera,...
28 May
Venezuela
El Universal
Petrocaribe funds program to help poor mothers in Haiti
The Haitian government launched a social protection program to help 100,000 mothers living in extreme poverty throughout the country, said Monday the President's press office.
27 May
Antigua Observer
ECLAC to hold meetings examining the global crisis on small developing states
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, CMC – The performance of small states in the global economy will be discussed here when the second meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) opens here on Wednesday.
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25 May
CARICOM
NEW JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM PLEDGES TO STRENGTHEN TIES
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly accredited Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Yoshimasa Tezuka, has pledged to “do his best” to “provide all possible means for the development of CARICOM...
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24 May
Colombia
El Universal
Colombia es creativa e innovadora en el sistema de transporte sostenible
Nick Tyler, experto británico en transporte sostenible, sostuvo en el marco del congreso ‘Colombia Economía Verde’, realizado en Bogotá, este miércoles y jueves, que el comportamiento latinoamericano en materia de transporte, es el mismo en los últimos años.