US Announces More than 300 Million Dollars of Investment in the Caribbean
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"I am pleased to announce $37 million in new programs to protect critical digital infrastructures and strengthen port security," Landau said at a meeting in Washington with leaders of the region. Likewise, Washington will invest $175 million in the deployment of submarine cables, to increase high-speed connections. For the health sector, the investment will be $61.5 million, "in order to allow the region to build a solid capacity of its own, sel…
The United States has been engaged for over a year in an unprecedented military offensive in the Caribbean and the Pacific, with attacks on alleged narco-lanches that have caused more than 240 deaths.
Washington spends more than $300 million to modernize security and connections in the Caribbean, an American senior official announced.The investment includes $175 million for submarine cables and $61.5 million to strengthen the health sector in the region.
The United States Government announced on Thursday, October 15, investments of more than $300 million in the Caribbean basin, aimed at strengthening security, protecting strategic infrastructures and expanding digital connections, in a new manifestation of the Trump administration's interest in strengthening its political, economic and military presence in the Western Hemisphere.
This economic injection is part of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (ISCB), a programme made up of 13 countries that Washington has maintained since 2010.
The United States announces more than $300 million for security, health and connectivity in the Caribbean, with funds for submarine cables and digital infrastructure.
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