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Kremlin tries to match governors to its regional needs

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RUSSIA

Five years after Sergey Kiriyenko arrived in the presidential administration to manage the political system, technocratic leaders are emerging from his programme designed to…

Vaccine rollouts will differ across the Caribbean

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CARIBBEAN

Rollouts will differ across the region, with economic recoveries hanging on their success. With case numbers still rising in most of the Caribbean’s main tourism source markets…

Biden will stress regional economic development work

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UNITED STATES

With the economy a central issue for many voters, Biden is stressing his administration’s focus on place-based economic development (PBED), an approach to shaping the economic…

Central America’s coffee sector faces major challenges

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Coffee is an important cash crop for small farmers across the region, providing valuable income for millions of families. Coffee farms are economic engines in rural areas…

Mexico’s migration approach will remain unchanged

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MEXICO

His comments, at Mexico’s Senate, come amid a surge in undocumented migration through Mexico, and follow discussions on how to address the matter on September 9, at the first…

COVID-19 raises multiple threats for Colombia

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COLOMBIA

COVID-19 challenge.

Costa Rica’s refugee stance may harden

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COSTA RICA

However, an influx of asylum seekers since 2018, largely from Nicaragua and Venezuela, has put it under heavy strain, threatening the country’s longstanding commitment to an open…

Pandemic will have severe impact on Mexican education

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MEXICO

It also appears not to have assessed the effectiveness of its home-learning strategy, established after schools were closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Without this…

US migration policy poses a tough balancing act

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CENTRAL AMERICA/US

The move, designed to ease migrant outflows from the sub-region by improving work opportunities and living standards, forms part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to…

Trudeau budget accepts debt while going for growth

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CANADA

Containing stimulus measures worth over CDN100bn (USD80bn), it aims to nurture and sustain a post-COVID recovery that is now expected to see growth of 6.5% this year. However, it…