How can Latin America and the Caribbean keep up inclusive growth?
By Louise Cord Co-Authors: Carlos Rodríguez Castelán From The World Bank The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been the most inclusive region in the world over the last decade: not only did it cut extreme poverty in half,…
El Salvador to host event aimed at promoting Central American cruise-ship tourism
By Larry Luxner From The Tico Times A cruise ship approaches Trujillo, Honduras. Orlando Sierra/AFP Next month, the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association will hold its 2015 regional meeting in El Salvador – the only Central American nation without a Caribbean coast….
Haiti invited to join Central American and Caribbean Judicial Council
From Haiti Sentinel MANAGUA, Nicaragua (sentinel.ht) – Among the resolutions adopted by the Judicial Council of Central America and the Caribbean at its meeting in Managua this week was to send an official invitation to the chief justices of the…
Traditional marriage group calls on Ginsburg to recuse
By Tony Mauro, From Supreme Court Brief A leading group that opposes same-sex marriage is urging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse herself from the landmark cases that could decide whether such marriages must be permitted under…
3D printing and the issues for rights holders
From Walker Morris The growth of 3D printing It has been reported that Boeing has recently filed a patent application related to the 3D printing of replacement aircraft parts. This is part of a trend of an increasing number of…
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Reports of the death of West Indies cricket have been greatly exaggerated
By Emma John From The Guardian UK Jermaine Blackwood’s batting is one sign of a continuing passion and excitement for the game in the West Indies •West Indies embrace T20 but ignore Test cricket at their peril On Wednesday, Jermaine…
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Video captures lightning striking two planes approaching Seattle airport during storm By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist They say lightning never strikes twice — but one observant onlooker did catch two separate lightning strikes hitting planes approaching Seattle’s Sea-Tac Airport…
WSJ says former MD of Cayman Islands Monetary Authority worked at collapsed hedge fund
In a story that appeared in The Wall Street Journal on April 16 2015 by Laurence Fletcher it says: “John Bourbon, a former managing director of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and head of supervision at the Isle of Man…
10 cheapest airports to fly to in the Caribbean
By Joshua Lepage From Hopper Ready to hit the beach? Check out which 10 Caribbean destinations Hopper found are the cheapest to fly to from the U.S. City dwellers eager to leave behind the stresses and worries of their day-to-day…
