Business news and economic coverage from Guyana — oil sector growth, SME development, trade policy, and investment. La Caribeña News reports from the region's fastest-growing economy.
Bolivia imports 60 per cent of the petrol and 95 per cent of the diesel it consumes, and placed state oil company YPFB under intervention on 3 September 2026 for up to 180 days. Fuel queues persisted in Tarija, Santa Cruz, La Paz and Beni on 5 October.
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The FAO and the Inter-American Development Bank convened a three-day exchange in Panama City from 6 to 8 October 2026 to draft a roadmap decoupling agriculture from deforestation. The EU deforestation regulation applies to large and medium operators from 30 December 2026, twelve weeks away.
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Brazil's state of Piaui harvested a record 6.82 million tonnes of grain in 2026, up 20 per cent on IBGE figures, and Brazil is projected to export 114.4 million tonnes of soya. Both come from the crop sown before the El Nino now consolidating in the Pacific.
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The Dominican Republic received 9,241,246 visitors between January and September 2026, up 7.5 per cent, Tourism Minister David Collado said on 6 October. September alone brought 684,831, more than Cuba's 419,863 for January to July. Cruise arrivals grew 54.7 per cent.
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Jamaica's Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett proposed a Caribbean Tourism Resilience Fund financed by visitor fees at the CTO Ministerial Council in Georgetown on 6 October 2026. He named Jamaica's Tourism Enhancement Fund as the model. That fee has gone to the Consolidated Fund since 2017.
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Guyana's revised 2026 cost for the Guyana Sugar Corporation is G$16.4 billion, 1.04 per cent of total national expenditure. Sugar exports earned US$18.1 million in 2025, about G$3.8 billion. Production rose 26.5 per cent and earnings still fell.
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On 30 September 2026 Guyana halted banana imports from Suriname to protect its own growers. On 5 October Suriname's Customs seized 282 big bags of Guyanese parboiled rice, the State saying import approvals were missing. CARICOM's ministers had asked the region to buy Caribbean that week.
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President Ali and Minister Indar said on 30 September that Guyana is seeking an international partner to build and operate an Aviation Centre of Excellence. The 2026 Budget carries G$100 million, about US$480,000. No partner has been named, and no airline for Terminal Two.
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Reports said Guyana's oil reserves had fallen below 11 billion barrels. The operator's estimate has not fallen, and has not moved since April 2022. Four parties publish a figure for the same block, and the Government of Guyana's is the highest of them.
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The Rotary Club of Georgetown Central delivered a Change for Community donation box to the departure lounge at Cheddi Jagan International Airport on 29 September. The airport handled 973,016 passengers in 2025, against 182,736 in 2020, a rise of 432 per cent.
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President Irfaan Ali said on 29 September that Guyana is ready to finalise negotiations for a major airline to hub at Terminal 2. No carrier or terms were named. Comparable deals put the terms on the record: two years of fee relief, about US$1 million a route, agreements averaging twenty years.
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ExxonMobil says the Stabroek block has produced its billionth barrel. The Bank of Guyana reports the Natural Resource Fund has taken in US$10,518.19 million since inception, of which royalties are US$1,335.25 million.
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