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Bolivia has entered a severe socioenvironmental crisis this year as illegal mining, organized crime in the Amazon, infrastructure projects threatening water sources and the weakening of environmental institutions have put Indigenous peoples at risk

The President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association noted that continued egg importation, initially approved in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, is now threatening the recovery of local producers who have been steadily rebuilding

Genocide Watch issued a Genocide Warning for Colombia; a decade after the Peace Agreement between government and FARC, violence and instability still impact civilians, with indigenous, afro-descent, rural communities, activists at high risk of abuses

Trade unions in Ecuador have called a national strike against a government labour decree allowing the 40-hour workweek to be reorganised into shifts of up to 12 hours a day, arguing it undermines workers’ rights

Belize has reappeared on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index after an absence lasting since 2008

Chile has summoned the US ambassador after Washington imposed visa sanctions on 3 officials of President Gabriel Boric’s government for allegedly undermining regional security, rejecting the accusations as unilateral measures that violate its sovereignty

50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community CARICOM will begin today 24 February 2026 in Basseterre under the theme “Beyond Words: Action Today for a Thriving, Sustainable CARICOM”

The Girl Guides Association of Dominica has joined millions of members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in celebrating the centenary of World Thinking Day, a global tradition observed by over 12 million girls across 153 countries

US Hockey Team won a historic gold medal at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime; Jack Hughes’ goal gave the team its first victory since the 1980 Lake Placid Games

Venezuela should take prompt measures to reform key judicial and electoral institutions and repeal abusive laws, watchdog Human Rights Watch said, as authorities began releasing hundreds of political prisoners in a process of “national pacification”

Regional personalities will replace members of the British monarch on the Eastern Caribbean dollar banknotes as of 2027; the plan was announced by the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank who added that transition will take place in phases