Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Inés Fors Fernández, says that while the United States is trying to discourage investment in Cuba, the country remains open for business to Jamaica and the rest of the world. Cuba’s 2018-2019 portfolio of foreign investment opportunities contains 525 projects, seeking total financing of more than ...
Read More »St Kitts and Nevis Economic Growth Continues
St Kitts and Nevis’s Prime Minister Timothy Harris, announced that economic growth in the islands increased in 2018 for the fifth year in a row under the Team Unity administration. Prime Minister Harris also mentioned that the St Kitts and Nevis Country Economic Review issued by the Caribbean Development Bank ...
Read More »UAE participated in Global Business Latin America Forum in Panama City
Top business executives, political leaders and government officials from the UAE as well as from Latin America took part in the Global Business Forum Latin America in Panama City from April 9 to 10. Majid Saif Al Ghurair, chairman, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Mohammad Al Shehhi, undersecretary for ...
Read More »It’s official: Duty-Free Zone in Panama diversifies Commercial Links
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 ...
Read More »Point of View: Trump pressure on Cuba could hit Canadian companies, business leaders warn
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 ...
Read More »Favourable policy environment key to Caribbean agro-tourism integration – CTA
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
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