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A US Defense Department official was sent to Guyana to help the country as it is still in its border dispute with Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region

Venezuela’s oil exports increased 12% last year to almost 700.000 barrels per day as the United States eased sanctions imposed since 2019 on the country’s energy sector, according to data and documents viewed by Reuters

Suriname's highest court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for ex-president Desi Bouterse, who lost an appeal against his conviction for the 1982 killings of political opponents

The unparalleled benefits of the 'Citizenship by Investment' programme was recently emphasised by the Prime Minister; at a press conference he stressed that it provided citizens with exceptional advantages, superior to those of any other country

An alleged cartel attack in a remote community in the southern state of Guerrero killed at least six people and injured 13 others, the prosecutor's office said; a local human rights organization initially reported an attack by drones and gunmen

President Nayib Bukele took his presidential reelection campaign beyond El Salvador's borders to capitalise on his rising profile across Latin America, and he affirmed that he doesn’t aspire to indefinite reelection

Próspera ZEDE, the Honduras special economic zone, has officially recognized Bitcoin as a unit of account: this move effectively acknowledges the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency in diverse commercial, tax, and financial transactions

The US announced new visa restrictions for nearly 300 Guatemalan lawmakers, other leaders and their families, as they could be "undermining democracy and the rule of law" in the country

The Ministry of Education has announced that the resumption of classes at Princess Margaret Secondary School will be delayed by one week, due to 'newly identified renovation works'

Four Seasons will open a new 67-bed facility in the Bahamas in 2027, to be designed by SB Architects and Champalimaud Design of New York, USA

The preliminary rounds of the national Junior Panorama competition are taking place, with eighteen steel orchestras in three regions to be judged between 8 and 10 January

The Belfry Theatre in Victoria, B.C., is cancelling The runner from its March festival “given the current conflict”; the play focuses on the moral dilemma of a volunteer of ZAKA, a group of mostly Orthodox Jewish men who provide emergency medical rescues