D.C. food blogger plans P.R. coffee-table travel book
October 15, 2015
WASHINGTON — With support from a variety of local businesses, Guayama-raised food blogger Jessica van Dop DeJesús has launched a crowdfunding effort to finance “The Dining Traveler Guide to Puerto Rico” — the first Latino-produced travel guides of its kind to be sold in the United States or Europe.
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Report urges Cuba to join int’l financial institutions
July 21, 2015
Now that the United States and Cuba have restored diplomatic ties after a 54-year hiatus, a new report suggests that Havana’s next step should be pursuing membership in the World Bank, the IMF and other international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the Inter-American Development Bank.
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U.S. Embassy opens in Havana to praise for new policy
July 20, 2015
At precisely 10 this morning, the Cuban flag will flutter for the first time in more than half a century over its stately old mission on Sixteenth Street — marking the opening of Washington’s newest embassy in years.
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Analyst: Minimum wage, Jones Act cripple P.R. economy
July 10, 2015
WASHINGTON — When it comes to Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis, Washington is just as much to blame as San Juan.
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Leading economist: Growth essential to P.R.’s recovery
July 10, 2015
The loss of Section 936 tax breaks, combined with overly indulgent local labor laws and a federal policy that encourages people to stay on the dole rather than work, have all contributed to Puerto Rico’s current fiscal nightmare.
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Panel ponders how to slash region’s high electricity costs
May 26, 2015
In the United States, electricity costs 10¢ to 12¢ per kilowatt-hour (kwh), while in Costa Rica, it’s 15¢ per kwh and higher in Honduras and Nicaragua, Central America’s poorest countries.
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El Salvador to host regional cruise ship tourism summit
April 22, 2015
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.
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Bill proposes 5 new U.S. embassies in Eastern Caribbean
April 6, 2015
WASHINGTON — Later this week, on his way to the Summit of the Americas in Panama, President Obama will meet with the leaders of all 15 members of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Costa Rica wants to expand ties with U.S., Caricom, P.R.
March 2, 2015
WASHINGTON — Costa Rica wants to expand its trade ties with the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) as well as with Puerto Rico, said the country’s foreign minister, Manuel Antonio González-Sanz, during a visit to the United States last week. González was in Washington to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, for the […]
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Haitian diplomat warns of new dictatorship in new book
January 7, 2015
WASHINGTON — Jan. 12 marks five years since a magnitude-7.0 earthquake razed Port-au-Prince and threw Haiti into chaos. Raymond Joseph was Haiti’s ambassador to the United States at the time. While his country’s president and politicians hid from the public, he famously filled the void of leadership, activating the international community’s first-aid response. Now Joseph, […]
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Index: Puerto Rico one of region’s least corrupt islands
December 29, 2014
Despite Puerto Rico’s ongoing fiscal crisis and allegations of corruption by enemies of Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla, business executives and foreign investors still perceive the Commonwealth as relatively clean by Caribbean standards.
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U.S. travel execs ‘cautious’ of U.S. opening to Cuba
December 22, 2014
WASHINGTON — First, the good news: if you’re a U.S. citizen who’s already licensed to travel to Cuba, you may now come back to the United States with $400 worth of Cuban goods, including $100 in duty-free rum and cigars.
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Panama’s U.S. ambassador offers upbeat outlook for ’15
December 9, 2014
WASHINGTON — Panama, host of the VII Summit of the Americas next April, will see its economy grow faster in 2015 than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.
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McCain blasts Jones Act as ‘contradictory’ to U.S. values
December 8, 2014
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) lashed out at the Jones Act during a panel at the Heritage Foundation, saying the 94-year-old maritime law is an anachronism that hurts U.S. farmers and manufacturers at the expense of foreign rivals.
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Top Cuban economist pessimistic on island’s prospects
December 8, 2014
WASHINGTON — One of Cuba’s top experts on international finance was decidedly pessimistic when discussing the island’s economic prospects at a recent conference in Washington.
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