Latest News From the Region

Communist Party told unity, authority, self-sufficiency now essential

14 July 2025 Cuba’s President has said that Cuba is now “a country at war.” It is, he told a Central Committee plenary of Cuba’s Communist Party held on 4-5 July, at risk from a “Machiavellian combination” of actions by the US Administration. Washington “not....

Several agreements signed as India’s Modi visits Trinidad

11 July 2025 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in Trinidad and Tobago’s history, has culminated in the signing of 15 bilateral agreements spanning health, education, trade, digital services, agriculture, justice and culture. Modi, who landed amid elaborate....

New US Cuba security policy set to widen secondary sanctions risk

07 July 2025 President Trump has signed a National Security Memorandum, tightening and extending significantly US sanctions on Cuba. The order is expected to expose non-US companies to greater secondary US sanctions risk if they transact or do business with any of the many Cuban....

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IDB Roundtable: Driving Innovation and the Impact of Regional Developments in the Caribbean

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Highlights from our Recent UK Business Mission to Guyana 2024

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The Caribbean Council is the premier membership network for responsible international businesses and investors operating in the Caribbean and Central America.

Founded in 2000, we offer our members the connections and insights which they need to trade and invest across the region sustainably and with confidence.

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We do not harm the blue waters of the Caribbean– oceans, mangroves, or freshwater sources, in any operations under our control

We seek to bring the best solutions available to reduce our carbon footprint in the Caribbean

We respect the diverse cultures, religions, mindsets, laws and regulations of people in the different countries across the Caribbean

We support public health and other social initiatives in the Caribbean which are linked to impacts our businesses share responsibility for

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