WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says remittances to the developing world, including the Caribbean, are expected to grow by 6.3 percent this year to US$414 billion. In its revised estimates and forecasts, issued here on Wednesday, the World Bank also projected that remittances to the developi...

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has collaborated with the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and the University of Cantabria in launching a database that would analyze the impact of climate change on Caribbean co...

LONDON—While the US economic outlook has become murkier because of the partial shutdown of the government, the picture in Europe—so long the laggard of the global economy—has brightened. Another round of economic data yesterday provided evidence that Europe’s recovery from re...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – United Nations officials have underscored the plight of Caribbean and other migrants, stressing that countries should increase efforts to protect their rights while finding ways to integrate their contributions to society into the post-2015 development agenda. “Evi...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Venezuela is protesting Washington’s decision to expel three of its diplomats in a tit-for-tat purge of embassy officials that has brought relations between the countries to a standstill. The U.S. State Department announced that it was expelling Venezuela’s Charg&eac...

Top European officials are keeping a worried eye on the United States (US) government shutdown, saying it could pose a risk for the continent's fledgling recovery. The US has the world's largest economy and close business ties with Europe. So the shutdown, which has seen some 800,000 federa...

NEW YORK, CMC - A Caribbean American legislator Tuesday expressed outrage over the first shutdown of the United States government in 17 years. “I am appalled that extremist, tea-party Republican politicians in Washington, D.C. are preparing to shut down the federal government and cause furthe...

New York – As John Ashe assumed the presidency of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, there was much speculation as to what impact his election would have on the Caribbean agenda – and in particular that of Antigua & Barbuda. Ashe, who heads this country’s...

MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says a joint operation with the Royal Bahamian Police Force Drug Enforcement Unit and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), known collectively as Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), seized 67 bales of marijuana on Little Farmer’s...

MIAMI, CMC – Top United States military officials say a fiber-optic communications cable linking Florida to the US Naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba will be laid in 2015. Navy Lieutenant Commander Ronald Flanders, a US Southern Command, spokesman has agreed with the two-year timetab...