SANTIAGO, Chile – Tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) decreased as a share of  gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 amid a slowdown in economic activity in the region and a decline in global commodity prices, according to a new report released here.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - The government of the British Virgin Islands is scheduled to begin construction on a long-awaited food processing complex later this year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), in its 2023 Prevalence of Poverty data, says the country recorded its lowest poverty rate ever in 2023. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) projects that the initial impact of rising US tariffs on prices in Jamaica will be minimal.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says the contract to provide Trinidad and Tobago with both high-sulphur and very-low-sulphur fuel oil is strengthening the state-owned Petrojam’s energy trade position in the region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will host its two-day Afreximbank Guyana Roadshow 2025 from Wednesday marking the latest in a series of initiatives undertaken here since the bank partnered with Guyana in 2022.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country needs a commercial ecosystem that promotes long-term investment in the agricultural sector to significantly boost national outputs and fully sustain visitors to the island.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has welcomed a trade mission from Trinidad and Tobago saying that it continues to distinguish itself as a premier destination for investments, offering a strategic location, modern infrastructure, and a skilled and adaptable workforce.

BEIJING, China – China and Guyana Monday agreed to boost trade and investment ties as well as promote their diplomatic relations.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Ilan Goldfajn has ended a visit to Cap-Haïtien at the invitation of the Haitian government, marking the first visit by a multilateral development bank president in many years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Thursday night signalled that her government has inherited a struggling economy and that the country has been running month to month, “literally living on the overdraft at the Central Bank”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, (CBB), Dr. Kevin Greenidge says the recent decision by United States President Donald Trump to implement a series of trade tariffs on countries worldwide, including the Caribbean, underscores the urgency of export diversification, supply chain de-risking, and deeper regional integration, especially in food security, logistics, and tourism market development.