The Colon Duty-Free Zone (ZLC) today expands its commercial links with other markets in the region as a way to diversify customers, achieve economic stability and reactivate sales. Dominican Republic, Peru, Costa Rica and Cuba stand out as the nations that contribute most to this strategy, which also benefited from ...

By Mike Blanchfield, Canada’s National Observer Business leaders are warning that the Trump administration’s threat to tighten the U.S. embargo on Cuba could sideswipe Canadian companies that are doing business on the Caribbean island. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says it is worried that the United States could enact a ...

Barbados is among several Caribbean nations that is exploring integrating agriculture and tourism. The small Eastern Caribbean island opens its Agrotourism Policy Setting Workshop under the theme, “Strengthening Linkages Between Agriculture and Tourism” in the capital Bridgetown. Source: Demerara Waves

Andrea Rodríguez, Associated Press Associated Press writer Michael Weissenstein contributed to this report. HAVANA — President Donald Trump’s Cuba policy is driving millions of dollars from the island’s private entrepreneurs to its state-run tourism sector, the opposite of its supposed goal, according to new government figures. Trump announced in June ...

Sputnik The countries would continue to develop ties in culture, education and tourism. The implementation of the planned Russian-Cuban projects in railway transport will enable the island nation to triple passenger traffic, Russian Ambassador in Havana Andrey Guskov told Sputnik last Tuesday. “JSC ‘Russian Railways’ and Union of Railways of ...

Suriname, considered an agricultural powerhouse in the Caribbean, is offering free land to regional neighbors with the aim of deepening trade ties and ensuring food security for all. Stephen Tsang, Suriname’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism was part of the delegation that visited Port of Spain earlier this month ...