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Category: Caribbean
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Caribbean Dreams
Venezuela’s Petrocaribe aims to help the Caribbean cope with rising oil prices. But with payments deferrable for 25 years, someone’s going to be left holding the bag.
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Heading Downstream
Soaring oil and gas prices are pounding Caribbean economies. But Trinidad & Tobago, the region’s largest producer of gas and oil, is flying high.
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High Expectations
With the bottom falling out of agricultural markets, Caribbean governments are now being forced to diversify their economies and get serious about economic integration.
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Kings and Queens
LatinFinance has compiled its second annual ranking of the 50 most powerful and influential people in Latin America and the Caribbean, spanning business, politics, government, academia and even pop culture.
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Looking Beyond the Horizon
Vast oil wealth has made Trinidad & Tobago the Caribbean’s financial center, but limited opportunities at home are driving banks offshore.
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Sun, Sand and Sports
The Caribbean is selling itself to sports fans, starting with cricket. Governments are already spending millions to prepare for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
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Digicel Expands
Telecommunications firm Digicel won a spectrum auction to operate a mobile network in Trinidad and Tobago, marking the company’s latest expansion. Last week Digicel acquired Cingular’s assets in the Caribbean and signed a roaming agreement with the US giant. Bermuda-based Digicel hopes to create a cohesive telecom network across the Caribbean and has already invested $600 million to expand operations into 15 countries.
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Digicel Buys Cingular Unit
US-based Cingular Wireless has agreed to sell its Caribbean operations to Bermuda-based Digicel Group, in a deal that will expand the company’s network to Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, and Dominica. Digicel promises to create a “seamless pan-Caribbean telecommunications network,” and announced a roaming agreement with Cingular. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in four to six months.
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Belize’s Rating Cut
Standard & Poor’s cut Belize’s foreign-currency debt rating two levels to CCC, or eight levels below investment grade, citing the country’s increasing debt load and lack of access to financing. S&P has a “negative” outlook on Belize’s rating. Belize faces amortizations this year of $150 million, compared with $139 million in international reserves. The country’s debt-to-gross domestic product ratio climbed to 97 percent last year, from 85 percent in 2003.