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MEXICO CITY, CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says Latin America and Caribbean countries will have to adopt new water management models as agricultural pro

WASHINGTON, CMC - A new study has found that public development banks (PDBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean provide more than US$700 billion in loans annually and possess the operational and

WASHINGTON, CMC - A report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean’s renewable energy endowment is large enough to cover its proje

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said being a part of the union helped member-states weather the global economic

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – A member of the St.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Protesters showed up by the thousands in Brazil’s largest cities on Monday night in a remarkable display of strength for an agitation that had begun with small protests agains

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The tension that has made the Korean peninsula a global flashpoint for much of 2013 appears to have subsided  with the toning down  of North Korea’s nuclear rhetori

The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described a series of meetings he has been having with Caribbean prime ministers as "crucial" to the development of the spor

KINGSTON, Jamaica - BUSINESSMAN AND publisher Ian Randle is to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI).

NEW YORK, CMC - A major international credit rating agency has revised Curacao’s economic outlook from negative to stable.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 18, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago parliament has approved legislation resulting in owners of dangerous dogs, such as pitbulls, facing a 10-year jail term and signific

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC - The ruling St.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - VARIOUS MEMBER STATES of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) face social, economic and political challenges at this time.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - Barbados is seeking increased trade with El Salvador as part of efforts to increase relationship with the Central American country.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has described as “a complete falsehood and an outrageous concoction” a video showing Cuban detainees being beaten by officers at a Bahamian detention

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Have student support services become more complex?

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The chief executive officer of the International Airport Development Company (IADC), Dr.

Haiti reported on Monday its first suspected death this year from H1N1 virus, reports reaching here said.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LIAT Ian Brunton revealed at least three months of training would be required for LIAT pilots to begin flying new ATR aircraft acquired by th

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican government Monday night called Haiti’s proposal to continue banning Dominican poultry products and allow only meats, "totally unacceptable," after a four hour