BRIDGETOWN — Mexico is “a proudly Caribbean country,” even if it is not a formal part of CARICOM, President Felipe Calderon said Monday as he sought to forge closer ties with his country’s neighbors along the Caribbean Sea. Calderon was headlining the second-ever CARICOM-Mexico Summit in Bridgetown, marking the first-ever visit by a Mexican head [...]
Jamaica Still Shackled By Debt
May 14, 2012 | Posted by
Debt-shackled Jamaica’s interest payments as a percentage of gross domestic product were the highest in the world last year even after a domestic debt restructuring two years ago, according to a Washington-based think tank. A new report on Jamaica’s economy by the Center for Economic and Policy Research says the heavily-indebted Caribbean country’s total interest [...]
