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CARIBBEAN-AGRICULTURE-Regional countries to benefit from new IICA initiative
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Caribbean countries are to benefit from a regional initiative that is aimed at providing first-hand information and generating up-to-date statistics on the degree status of human resources as well as the structure, size, and level of investment in research and development (R&D) in Central America and the Caribbean. The Inter American Institute for Cooperation…
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Caribbean writers to meet in Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, CMC – Writers from the English, French and Dutch speaking Caribbean meet here next week for the third International Congress of Caribbean Writers. The organisers said that the April 10-13 event will be held under the theme “Our Fight for Freedom, A Collective Epic”. The main objectives of the four-day event s to increase the awareness and afford…
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US official warns drug traffickers will expand in Caribbean as Latin America cracks down
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Caribbean will likely see a surge in drug-trafficking activity by 2015 as operations move slowly out of Central America due to an international crackdown, a top U.S. State Department official said Wednesday. William Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement, said he believes drug traffickers squeezed out of Mexico, Central…
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IDB outlines strategy for economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says world growth is likely to be suppressed below potential for several years to come, but Latin America and the Caribbean can escape this global outlook and boost growth significantly by adopting appropriate structural reforms. In its annual macroeconomic report, titled “Rethinking Reforms,” the Washington-based financial institution which is holding…
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China to provide US$2 billion for Caribbean Co-financing Fund
WASHINGTON, Mar.17, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) along with the People's Bank of China (PBC) have approved the China Co-financing Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean to support public and private sector projects that promote sustainable economic growth in the region. The IDB said the fund, the first of its kind established by China and a multilateral…
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New generation of social entrepreneurs transforming Americas
Panama City — When Ernesto Argüello, a Honduran civil engineer, was 12 years old, he worked for his father for a month and used all his earnings to buy a pair of fancy sneakers on a family vacation trip. He was surprised his money didn’t buy more, but his father told him that some of the people he worked with…
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US says research in the Caribbean may result in better protection for depleted fish species
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says research in the Caribbean may result in better protection for depleted fish species. NOAA said the research is using the underwater sounds of reef fish, such as groupers, to identify areas where they gather to spawn “a behaviour that makes the fish easier to…
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Workshop held to Mark Close-out of ADA component of the CREDP-GIZ Project:
A workshop highlighting the main achievements of the Austrian Development Agency’s (ADA) support and to mark the end of the ADA Project component was held in the Dominican Republic on 5 March 2013 at the Office of the National Energy Commission (CNE). TThe CREDP-GIZ Project benefited from support to tune 0.75 Million Euros which was added to the pool of…
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Russia to partially write off Cuba’s US $25 billion debt
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Russia’s Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov says his country will forgive part of Cuba’s US$25 billion Soviet-era debt and restructure the rest as part of agreements that include Havana getting Russian jetliners worth US$650 million. On an official visit here, Manturov told reporters that Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Ricardo Cabrisas, vice president of…
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Panama City hosts Association of Caribbean States
meeting (AP) TRINIDAD Guardian Panama City—The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama, Rómulo Roux will convene the 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on Friday in Panama City, Panama. The Ministerial Council comprises of representatives of member states and is the principal organ for policy-making and direction of the…
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