The Belize government has announced that it plans to spend about US$100 million on an economic stimulus package.
Prime Minister Dean Barrow said the funds will go toward road building and other infrastructural projects.
The Belize economy has been hit by lower tourism and oil revenues.
Mr Barrow said the money was being raised from international and regional institutions.
They include the IMF, the World Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank and the Caricom Petroleum Fund.
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Minister praises government's record
The finance minister of Antigua and Barbuda is talking up the country's economic performance ahead of general elections expected within weeks.
Errol Cort told a campaign rally that the governing United Progressive Party (UPP) had more than doubled the pace of economic growth in its first term of office.
Under the multi-term Antigua Labour Party (ALP), he said economic growth averaged 3 percent.
The UPP, which gained power 2004, had presided over a 7 percent expansion in that time, Dr Cort added.
He was speaking in his constituency where his opponent, the former Prime Minister Lester Bird, is holding his own Antigua Labour Party meeting on Thursday night.
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England arrive in Caribbean
It is rare that a Prime Minister turns up to welcome a visiting cricket team.
But that's what happened in St Kitts when England landed to begin their tour of the West Indies.
Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, who is also tourism minister, greeted the tourists at the airport.
His minister of state, Ricky Skerrit, said the government was keen to increase the number of visitors from the UK.
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Spanish queen visits Haiti
Queen Sofia of Spain has met Haiti's President, Rene Preval, in Port au Prince at the start of a two-day official trip.
During her visit, the Queen will tour several Spanish development projects.
From the Haitian capital, the Spanish monarch is due to travel on to Gonaives, where thousands of people were left homeless by four powerful hurricanes that struck the city last year.
The queen had earlier toured similar Spanish projects in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.
--BBC Caribbean.com
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