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Mexican Hotel Chain Eyes Expansion Into Caribbean as Travel Industry Recovers
With $1.5 billion to invest, Mexico’s Grupo Posadas will open five properties in the Dominican Republic and is exploring other Caribbean islands, its CEO tells Bloomberg Línea
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Panamanian-Flagged Ships Put on ‘Gray List’ as Risk Profile Increases
The Panama Ship Registry is taking action after falling 10 places in the Paris MoU list of flag states, dropping into the group’s gray list, and which could favor competitor nations such as Liberia
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Central America, Caribbean Plead for International Aid to Tackle Climate Change
Countries of the two regions have united for the first time to express their shared concerns regarding global warming and its consequences
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Sharp Decline In Latin American, Caribbean Export Growth Causes Concern
Exports grew by just 2.9% during first quarter, following a 16.4% increase during 2022, with Argentina and Bolivia seeing the sharpest declines
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Why Do Puerto Rican Employers Struggle to Recruit and Retain Talent?
Puerto Rico is in fifth position worldwide for difficulty of recruitment and talent retention, after Taiwan, Germany, Hong Kong and Portugal, according to a study by ManpowerGroup
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New Luxury Hotels and Resorts Find Space in Central America
Central America is now an established sun and beach getaway destination, and the hospitality offer is growing with new high-end hotels in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama
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Puerto Rico Needs Sustained Public Healthcare Funding to Balance Budgets
The island’s federally-appointed financial oversight board released Puerto Rico’s multi-year fiscal plan on Wednesday after approving it on Monday
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ChatGPT Can Help You Find a Perfect Caribbean Resort
We put the AI chatbot to the test using three very different scenarios, and its performance varied widely. Still, its successes showed surprising promise
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Puerto Rico’s Population Declines in Aftermath of Financial Crisis, Natural Disasters
In San Juan, the population fell by 2.2% while Rincon, a surfing and tourism hotspot, saw growth over a two-year period
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Cuba Holds a Questioned Election Amid the Biggest Exodus Since the Revolution
The stacked election comes as blackouts, crop failures, fuel shortages and US sanctions are all hammering the economy, and gross domestic product remains below its pre-pandemic level
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Latin America, Caribbean Need More Trade Partners to Fight Food Insecurity, FAO Says
Approximately 56 million people in the region suffer from hunger, while around 268 million live in a state of food insecurity, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
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Why Is Latin America and the Caribbean the World’s Costliest Region for a Healthy Diet?
Latin America and the Caribbean is the region where a healthy diet is most expensive, at $3.89 per person per day in 2020, followed by Asia, according to the World Bank and Tufts University
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Liquidators in Bahamas Ready Sale of FTX’s $2.4 Million Vehicle Fleet
Selling FTX’s large vehicle fleet may be one of the more straightforward tasks faced by liquidators of the exchange
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How Wall Street’s New ESG Money-Maker Promises Nature Conservation in Emerging Markets
Belize is home to a threatened coral reef and a mountain of sovereign debt. It’s become a test case for a new kind of finance that mixes debt relief and environmental protection
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Superyachts Flock to the Caribbean for Lavish Year-End Parties
Despite a tumultuous 2022, Boat International reported earlier this month that 600 superyachts were sold this year for a total of 3.6 billion euros ($3.8 billion)
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In Blackout-Prone Puerto Rico a Solar Microgrid Is a Small Town’s Lifeline
In the mountain community of Castañer, an electricity cooperative is working to make the power supply more resilient while lowering locals’ high energy costs
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Latino Immigrants in US Are Stagnating in Social Mobility and Getting Poorer, MPI Says
More than nine million Latin American and Caribbean immigrants live in poverty, according to a study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
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US Bars Imports From Dominican Sugar Giant Over Forced Labor
The US is halting imports from one of the Dominican Republic’s largest sugar producers amid allegations the company uses forced labor
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Dominican Republic, US Spar Over Extra Scrutiny of Black Travelers
The US is the Dominican Republic’s largest trading partner and US visitors have helped give the country one of the strongest post-pandemic tourism recoveries of anywhere in the world
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Cuba’s Leader Goes to Russia and China as Its Economy Faces Energy Woes
The Caribbean island has been facing rolling blackouts for months as aging power plants have failed and fuel costs have soared amid higher international energy prices