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In mid-April, Guyana's police force noted that there had been a 8% y-o-y decrease in 'serious crimes' during the first three months of 2012, according to local press reports. While... 2012-05-08

A recent spate of cocaine seizures by the Puerto Rican authorities serve to highlight the importance of the commonwealth as a trafficking route for the regional drugs trade. In April... 2012-05-07

Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)'s government agreed to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the country's final court of appeal in early May, forgoing its colonial link to the... 2012-05-07

Last month we highlighted risks regarding Dominican Republic's fiscal budget trajectory, and recently the country's ex-minister of finance, Fernando Alvarez Bogaert, publically voiced... 2012-05-07

T&T's government made public a 'green paper' on internal self-government for Tobago in late March, a long-time issue for the two-island nation. The paper is currently open for public... 2012-04-03

Peter Bunting, the Minister of National Security of Jamaica, announced that the government is advancing its recommendation to merge the country's two main police bodies, the Island... 2012-04-02

President Donald Ramotar stated in late March that he would be willing to go back to the ballot box to verify the votes cast in last year's general election, adding he believed his... 2012-04-02

Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Fortuño's March 5 announcement to replace the executive director of tourism Mario González Lafuente, has prompted local criticism claiming it is a step... 2012-03-26

We caution that the commitment made by Dominican Republic's Minister of the Presidency César Piña Toribio to maintain fiscal discipline through the end of 2012 could be derailed by... 2012-03-22

Former Senator Héctor Martínez Maldonado was convicted in March of accepting a trip to Las Vegas to watch a boxing match in exchange for ushering through two bills in the Senate that... 2012-03-06