Cuba reaches $15bn debt agreement with Paris Club
$15 billion debt agreement between Cuba and the Paris Club will pave the way for foreign investment in Cuba.
Caribbean states urged to object to EU tax-haven blacklisting
Critics of an EU tax-haven blacklist say the organisation is playing dice with small states’ reputations, while ignoring European tax avoidance hubs
What will be the impact of the FIFA scandal on Caribbean correspondent banking?
Recent FIFA scandals do nothing to help the already-tenuous relationship between Caribbean and international correspondent banks
Facing insolvency, Puerto Rico contemplates VAT and austerity
Puerto Rico is struggling to remain solvent, but international lenders want austerity and new taxes as a condition of new funding
Riverton Dump ideal for waste-to-energy investment in Jamaica
A policy think tank is proposing that Jamaica can reap millions of dollars in revenue from the controlled burning of waste at its largest and most-problematic dump
Jamaica suffering from most austere budget in the world
An IMF-influenced austerity budget that prioritises debt pay-down over capital expenditure is exerting negative social impacts in Jamaica, mitigated only by politically unsustainable support from China and Venezuela
