Hurricane Earl tracks near Antigua, Barbuda and the British Virgin Islands as a powerful Category 4 storm in August 2010, testing Caribbean property resilience amid an active Atlantic season.

Caribbean summer tourism peaks in 2010 following BP well capping in July, with T&T’s new Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar setting a fresh economic agenda and regional investor confidence recovering.

The BP Deepwater Horizon well is capped in mid-July, relieving Caribbean tourism anxiety, while T&T’s new PM Persad-Bissessar sets her economic agenda and summer bookings recover.

Trinidad and Tobago makes history as Kamla Persad-Bissessar becomes the country’s first female Prime Minister, while the Atlantic hurricane season opens and BP’s oil continues to flow.

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill triggers Caribbean tourism anxiety over perception damage, while Trinidad and Tobago braces for a historic general election just weeks away.

Caribbean property markets show genuine recovery momentum in spring 2010 as Jamaica’s IMF programme begins and the Dominican Republic leads the region in tourism and FDI.

Caribbean property and investment markets show early recovery signs in early 2010 as Haiti earthquake reconstruction draws regional solidarity and Jamaica signs a new IMF arrangement.

Edition 197 surveys the Caribbean investment landscape in early 2010: Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake sets the reconstruction agenda, Jamaica’s IMF Standby Arrangement signals hard fiscal reform, and the region’s property markets begin a cautious recovery from the global recession.

The devastating Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010 shocks the entire Caribbean region, prompting a massive humanitarian response and raising urgent questions about regional resilience and property insurance.

The Caribbean enters 2010 with cautious optimism as global recovery takes hold, property markets show early stabilisation, and the region hopes for a return to tourism growth.