Arthur L. Slattery

The amount of money that Guatemalans living abroad send home to their families hit record highs in 2021. Remittances reached more than $15bn (£11bn) in 2021, an increase 35% over the previous year.This unprecedented increase has prompted…

Gabriel Boric, who The Associated Press describes him as a "left-wing millennial", was elected president of Chile last month, a development that should have caught everyone's attention. Boric, a 35-year-old former student movement…

The Dominican Republic presents itself as the great protagonist of the 42nd International Tourism Fair (Fitur) and in this sense the leadership of its President, Luis Abinader, confirms the priority of a nation that currently exceeds…

The goals Scholz suggested for the climate club – the 1.5 degree cap and climate neutrality by 2050 – are already part of or are implicit in the Paris agreement. More importantly, Scholz said the club could seek to achieve these goals "by…

The numbers speak for themselves. Between January and August 2021, ProColombia supported the launch of five new projects in the tourism sector worth US$39 million in the provinces of Bolivar, Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Cauca. These…

Cuba's Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos Garcia Granda, explained the strengths of the smoke-free industry in the country and highlighted the success of the vaccination campaign with three vaccines that have proven effective.…

Hundreds of Hondurans and Nicaraguans reached the Guatemalan border on Saturday but were blocked from crossing by Guatemalan security forces, the first US-bound migrant caravan to be formed in Central America this year. Some migrants…

The Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, has spoken out on issues relating to the remuneration of health workers in Uganda. Last year, on November 6, the Uganda Federation of Medical Trainees…

Mexico City, Mexico. Wed. Jan. 12, 2022– In its annual report released Wednesday, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said parts of the region are expected to experience slower economic growth in 2022. The…

According to the Migration Policy Institute: “Over the decades, several million Central American migrants have sought opportunity, refuge and stability in the United States, driven by a mixture of…