America Trinidad and Tobago The holiday known as Emancipation Day will be renamed African Emancipation Day on August 1
America Peru A new taxi app, "Army Driver," with drivers that are police and military personnel, is set to launch in Peru in May to address rising public insecurity, featuring security cameras and a panic button for passenger safety
America Honduras Garifuna ethnic communities in Honduras protested in Tegucigalpa, demanding compliance with international judgments and clashed with military guards outside the Presidential House, highlighting ongoing struggles against racism and violence targeting them
America Cuba Father Ariel Suarez, assistant secretary of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba, said the Catholic Church in communist Cuba is calling for a national dialogue to help resolve the island's economic crisis
America Saint Lucia Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada together reached third place in the Henley & Partners 2024 Global Citizenship Program Index among about 100 countries
America Bahamas While overall crime decreased by 21% in 2023 compared to 2022, rape is the only category that increased, specifically by 11%, the Police Commissioner said, noting that 56% of rape victims knew assailants
America Guyana The UN Security Council expressed concern over the border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana regarding the Essequibo region, urging both countries to exercise restraint and resolve differences peacefully
America Mexico Nicaragua will have 8 new technical projects financed by Mexico's government, covering areas such as environment and disaster risk management, aiming to strengthen the "National Plan for the Fight against Poverty and for Human Development”
America Panama Panama has continued to delay relocating nearly 1.300 Indigenous Guna people from a sinking island due to rising sea levels, despite promises and plans for a mainland site since 2019
America Paraguay Thousands of students in Paraguay marched against a recent government-approved project changing education funding, demanding free higher education and expressing skepticism over the government's "zero tuition" promise
America Ecuador Ecuador has stopped receiving electricity from Colombia, with Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy, Andrés Camacho, stating that they've stopped exporting electricity to Ecuador as thermal power generation is at its maximum capacity
America El Salvador The majority of Salvadorans support President Nayib Bukele's exceptional regime against gangs, but many disagree with suspending constitutional guarantees, according to recent University study
America Guatemala Sonia Gutiérrez, the only indigenous woman in Guatemala's Congress, called for a national dialogue with indigenous authorities to promote their political inclusion and participation, addressing historical exclusion and racism against indigenous people