Tag Archives: Carribean

When the Hurricane Hits, Should the Debt Stop? Climate-Resilient Debt Clauses in the Caribbean

By: Natalya Kitchin For many Caribbean countries, a major hurricane can worsen existing financial pressures and, in some cases, lead to a broader fiscal crisis. Government revenues may fall at the same time that emergency spending rises sharply. Roads, ports, schools, hospitals, and homes may need immediate repair, while existing sovereign debt obligations continue to […]

Is Jamaica’s New Year’s Resolution to Decriminalize Ganja?

BY AMANDA ELIZABETH PRESTON- The recent U.S. midterm elections gained attention from an unlikely source in the Caribbean Sea. Members of the Jamaican Government and Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Task Force have praised residents of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., for voting to legalize recreational marijuana use and possession. Proponents for the decriminalization of marijuana […]