Lacthosa wins Greatest Exporter to Central America Award
Mar 23, 2017 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — The company received the award “Premio Orquidea Empresarial” (Business Orchid Award) TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS–(Marketwired – March 23, 2017) – Lacthosa received the award “Premio Orquídea Empresarial” (Business Orchid Award) in the category Greatest Exporter…
Constellation Brands’ Cerveza Modelo® Joins CONCACAF as Official Partner
Agreement designates Modelo as “Official Beer of the CONCACAF Gold Cup” and CONCACAF Champions League through 2020 Miami (Wednesday, March 1, 2017) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that Constellation Brands’ Modelo…
Order of Matches Confirmed for 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Play-In Matches between Haiti and Nicaragua
Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today conducted the draw to determine the order of matches for the home-and-away play-in series between Haiti (5th-place team at the CFU Caribbean Cup) and Nicaragua (5th-place…
Cayman Islands Ministry reacts to end of “Wet-Foot Dry-Foot” policy
The Ministry of Home Affairs is aware of U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to end the long standing “wet foot, dry foot” policy, and is taking steps to monitor the impact on illegal migration. President Obama announced, on Thursday, 12…
Costa Rica’s Central Valley on alert after Turrialba volcano becomes increasingly active
From The Independent UK The volcano’s constant eruptions are sending plumes of ash in to the sky Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency for a major area of the country including the capital of San Jose following the…
Caribbean children victims of human trafficking
By Nelson A. King A new United Nations report says that a significant number of children in the Caribbean and Central America are victims of human trafficking. The report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), released…
President Obama and the Caribbean.
Ewin James. Nearly eight years ago the Caribbean welcomed the election of President Obama more exuberantly than many other people did , for like most Caribbean people he is black; and he was going to lead the greatest country on…
Cydonie Mothersill Cayman Islands CARIFTA Team Coach
Bahamas Athletics From Podomatic As faith would have it, while on our return home to The Bahamas from the 44th CARIFTA Games held in St. Kitts and Nevis, we ran into the coach of the Cayman Islands CARIFTA team, Cydonie…
IAEA training addresses devastating coffee disease
Vienna, Austria Coffee, one of the world’s most-traded commodities, is increasingly threatened by a disease known as coffee leaf rust. Experts from Central America, the region most affected, are gathering at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this week to…
The View From Europe: The Caribbean needs a full response to BREXIT
By: David Jessop From The Barbados Advocate Earlier this month, CARICOM heads of government met in Georgetown. Among the many issues they considered was Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Their focus was on a secretariat paper largely intended…