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A major step toward deep-sea mining has been taken by opening a bid for the lease of over 31 million acres of federal waters for the extraction of critical minerals in American Samoa, sparking debate and worries among Pacific states

President Nayib Bukele’s party "Nuevas Ideas" - New Ideas - has designated him as their official candidate; he is elegible for a third mandate following the 2025 Constitutional reform that eliminated the limit of mandates for one person

A 10% drop in homicides and a 38% decline in extortion cases has been recorded in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to official statistics presented by President Arévalo

Organizations behind the constitutional challenge to Dominica’s abortion law have welcomed a recent High Court ruling that is a key step towards reproductive rights; more work remains to guarantee women and girls meaningful access to safe legal abortion

The Western Regional Health Authority is calling on residents to take proactive steps to prevent dengue by regularly identifying and eliminating mosquito breeding sites, inspecting home, workplaces, communities once per week in rain and hurricane season

Police destroyed approximately 5.000 fully grown cannabis trees in Moruga, for an estimated street value of $5 million, during a coordinated cannabis suppression exercise led by the Criminal Investigations Branch with officers from Jungle Operations Team

A consolidated framework for Barbados’s labour laws would simplify compliance, reduce workplace disputes and better support small and medium-sized businesses, tourism minister told Parliament saying that a single centralized reference is needed

Activists and civil organizations are calling on Antigua and Barbuda’s tourism industry to fund new waste management equipment rather than wait on government support, identifying in the sector the country’s biggest contributor to waste

The Organizing Committee of the Habanos Festival announced the cancellation of the XXVI edition of the event, citing the need to preserve "the standards of excellence" of the meeting in the face of the deteriorated "current context" of Cuba

1,9 million domestic tourists are expected to travel in Peru during the long weekend 25-29 July, a key season; Cusco, Arequipa and Ica are the most popular destinations, with hotels already reporting occupancy rates of up to 90%

A bill to organize and systematize the Legislative Digest is now at the Senate; over 7.600 overlapping laws weigh on the national legal framework which now pends on interpretation and changes should streamline laws and facilitate access to regulations

While authorities present Nicaragua as a country of peace and harmony, an international report denounces deterioration in religious freedom; in the worsening persecution of Christians a priest returning from Spain after his graduation was denied entry