SINT MAARTEN/CARIBBEAN - Liberty Latin America (LLA) today Tuesday, February 17, 2026, announced a five-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers across Latin America and the Caribbean accelerate cloud transformation, AI adoption, and IT modernization while meeting stringent data residency, sovereignty, and regulatory compliance requirements.

The partnership creates a foundation for innovation across telecommunications, media, and enterprise services throughout the region. The strategic collaboration agreement includes three key components designed to support both Liberty Latin America's internal transformation and enhanced B2B service offerings for enterprise customers.

First, Liberty Latin America will work with AWS to deploy dedicated on-premises infrastructure within its facilities using AWS Outposts, enabling the company to deliver cloud capabilities while maintaining data within customer-specified geographic boundaries.

This approach addresses stringent sovereignty and regulatory requirements across Latin America while providing the security, scalability, and innovation capabilities of AWS. Second, Liberty Latin America will migrate certain infrastructure requirements to AWS, using AWS Transform, to make its tech stack AI-ready and modernize over 500 customer workloads and internal systems.

This migration supports Liberty Latin America's internal digital transformation while simultaneously enabling the company to offer enhanced, secure B2B cloud services to enterprise customers throughout the region who face similar modernization and compliance challenges.

Third, the collaboration will expand to include deployment of AWS cloud infrastructure bringing AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Liberty Latin America's network and data center operations.

As enterprises across telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, media, manufacturing, and government sectors accelerate their cloud adoption, this infrastructure will enable data sovereignty, data residency, and ultra-low-latency applications for customers requiring localized data processing “The pace of digital transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean is accelerating, and organizations need technology foundations that allow them to move faster without sacrificing security or reliability,” said Balan Nair, President and CEO of Liberty Latin America.

“Through this strategic relationship with AWS, we’re helping customers across the region to enhance their infrastructure, embrace cloud-based solutions, and achieve their technology ambitions—enabling transformation to happen at the speed the market now demands while addressing the sovereignty and regulatory requirements that are critical to doing business in Latin America."

"Liberty Latin America's strategic collaboration with AWS demonstrates how telecommunications providers are evolving from connectivity suppliers to comprehensive digital transformation partners," said Jan Hofmeyr, VP, telecommunications at AWS.

"By combining Liberty Latin America's deep regional expertise and strong customer relationships together with AWS Cloud and AI capabilities, enterprises across Latin America and the Caribbean will gain access to a trusted partner who understands both their business challenges and has the technical solutions needed to drive growth. This collaboration reflects the industry shift toward telecommunications providers enabling cloud adoption at scale."

“Enterprises across Latin America and the Caribbean are looking to modernize their IT infrastructure and adopt cloud technologies to drive efficiency and growth,” said Aamir Hussain, SVP, Chief Technology and Product Officer, Liberty Latin America.

“By partnering with AWS, we will be able to offer B2B customers an unmatched service that provides secure, flexible, and scalable cloud and AI solutions while supporting their broader digital transformation and ICT needs.”

Paula Bellizia, VP of AWS LATAM, commented, “We’re proud to work with Liberty Latin America to help enterprises adopt digital technologies that will enable them to better serve customers and communities. By providing secure, scalable cloud and AI services, and working with a strong partner like LLA that understands the region’s unique needs, we’re helping customers accelerate innovation, increase agility, and build for long-term growth.”

Customers in the region, like Telered, have taken note of this collaboration that will help drive better business outcomes. Pastor Marcelino, Vice President of Technology and Transformation, Telered, said, “As we continue to modernize our operations and expand our digital capabilities, having trusted technology partners is critical.

“This partnership between Liberty Latin America and AWS gives us confidence that we can accelerate our cloud transformation with the security, scalability, and regional expertise we need to compete effectively in today's market. AWS's proven cloud infrastructure combined with Liberty Latin America's deep understanding of our business environment creates a powerful foundation for our digital future.”

SABA/SINT EUSTATIUS - Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands (Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland, ZJCN) is publishing an overview of the number of medical referrals in the period between 2020 and 2025.

Medical referrals take place when people insured for specialist care or diagnostics need treatment outside Bonaire, St. Eustatius or Saba. The figures provide an insight into trends over a number of years, the places patients come from and the most common referrals per specialism.

The number of medical referrals is partly dependent on the specialist care available on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. If treatment cannot be provided locally, ZJCN refers policyholders to regional care partners elsewhere in the Caribbean. At the moment ZJCN has contracts with care providers on St. Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba and in Colombia and the Netherlands.

Changes in the number of referrals between 2020 and 2025

Following the coronavirus pandemic the number of medical referrals rose gradually in 2020–2022 as travel restrictions were scaled back and 2023 was a peak year, with a total of 7,088 medical referrals from the Caribbean Netherlands. In that same year the proportion of non-emergency forms of treatment was relatively high, at 25% compared to the average of 7% in the other years.

In 2024 and 2025 the total number of referrals stayed reasonably stable, at just under 7,000. A slight increase occurred in 2025 compared to the previous year (from 6,787 to 6,971).

Age and sex

Almost half of all the people who were referred in the period from 2020 to 2025 were between 40 and 65 years old. Slightly more women than men were referred in all years, with their share in total being between 51% and 57%.

Origin per island

The largest number of referred patients came from St. Eustatius. This was primarily due to the number of referrals for kidney dialysis. On St. Eustatius and Saba the number of referrals during the past two years has increased, while the opposite is the case on Bonaire.

Referral destinations

Most of the referrals made from Saba and St. Eustatius were for medical care on St. Maarten. The majority of people referred from Bonaire were sent to Curaçao and Aruba. In a few cases referrals were also made to other countries or specialist centres, depending on the treatment required and the availability of care.

The most common referrals per specialism

By far the majority of the people were referred for radiology-related treatment.

Relatively speaking the number of referrals for gynaecology, surgery and internal medicine treatment was higher in 2020 than in other years.

Monitoring and follow-up

ZJCN is going to continue monitoring the number of medical referrals on a monthly basis and will publish the relevant data at https://www.zorgenjeugdcn.nl/zorg/medische-uitzending/medische-uitzending-in-cijfers. The organisation will use the insights gained to develop policy and improve cooperation with care providers, at both local and regional level.