MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, CMC –The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says Caribbean countries have reaffirmed their commitment to achieving targets set out in a plan of action for the knowledge and information society in the region. ECLAC said the was made in the Monte...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A consultant with the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), says Jamaica could receive financing from international organisations to assist with its efforts at reducing the impacts of climate change. Dr. Oscar Coto says this could be achieved through advancement...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, CMC - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says senior officials, experts and private-sector representatives will on Wednesday begin discussing progress and challenges facing the region at a major conference here. ECLAC said the expansion of the d...

HISTORY will affirm, justifiably, the role Hugo Chávez played in the integration of Latin America, and the significance of his 14-year presidency to the poor people of Venezuela, where he died on Tuesday after a long struggle with cancer. However, before history is allowed to dictate our int...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A pastor with the Seventh Day Adventist Church is claiming that Latin American assassins are operating in Trinidad and Tobago and called for an all out war on crime. “We have Latin American assassins in this country. We have Colombians in this society, hire...

The fiscal debate in the United States has become a recurrent issue that keeps the world, and Latin America and Caribbean economies in particular, in suspense. The agreement reached a few days ago offers breathing room, by preventing the United States economy from being figuratively dragged over the...