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Challenges will delay Caribbean's post-COVID recovery

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CARIBBEAN

Jamaicans are to remain in their homes for three consecutive weekends. Although the economies of the English-speaking Caribbean are witnessing a gradual recovery, there are…

Talks aim to stop further Venezuela-Guyana escalation

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VENEZUELA/GUYANA

VENEZUELA/GUYANA: Talks aim to stop further escalation

Post-republic Barbados election boosts Mottley for now

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BARBADOS

Barbados has recently been a focal point of international attention because of its decision to become the world’s newest republic. On November 30, 2021, Queen Elizabeth II was…

Honduras frustrations over lack of reforms will mount

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HONDURAS

Slow progress in enacting reforms is fostering frustration among those who had hoped that Castro would prompt substantial change when she came to power two years ago. Her tax…

New leader carries risks for France’s far right

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FRANCE

Bardella, the RN's first leader outside the Le Pen family, defeated Louis Aliot by 85% to 15% of votes cast in a party election. Bardella was the favoured candidate of Le Pen, who…

German-Turkish tensions put Merkel under pressure

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GERMANY

Relations between Germany and Turkey have taken a turn for the worse since the attempted coup on July 15-16. Faced with a widening crackdown on the Turkish opposition, a spillover…

EU presidency will show up Romania’s peripheral status

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ROMANIA

The presidency will put Romania's isolation in the spotlight. It has no backers in the EU prepared to overlook its escalating retreat from democratic and reform commitments, and…

Premier’s party holds all the aces in Malaysia

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MALAYSIA

The MoU, which helps keep Ismail Sabri’s administration secure, stipulates that parliament cannot be dissolved before end-July. The next general election is due in 2023.

Divided Catalonia will struggle to find a way forward

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SPAIN

Catalan politics.

Malaysian premier may be wary of calling snap polls

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MALAYSIA

The alliance led by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), of which Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is a vice-president, is aiming to retain power. The next general…