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A major tech modernization plan has been launched in Honduras, aiming to expand fiber optics, build data centers, and reduce the digital gap with support from the UN and a historic US$50M investment in new infrastructure

Doubts on transparency of Levera development are rising as works stall at basic stage after five years; the Chinese developer had committed to build a major tourism facility funded from sale of Grenadian passports with Citizenship By Investment Programme

Uruguay signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty ensuring that the use of AI is fully consistent with those values

A cooperation agreement was signed with the US to jointly combat terrorism and drug trafficking, officially designating gangs Los Lobos and Los Choneros as narcoterrorist organizations

A legislative commission has recommended lifting the immunity of Costa Rica’s president Rodrigo Chaves to allow prosecution for alleged corruption involving misuse of public funds

A coordinated attack involving a car bombing in Cali and the shooting down of a police helicopter in Antioquia has killed 19 people in Colombia, with authorities blaming FARC dissidents amid growing criticism of the government’s peace strategy

National Day has been celebrated yesterday, commemorating 203 years since Dom Pedro I's "Cry of Ipiranga" on 7 September 1822 severed colonial ties with Portugal; the declaration remains a defining symbol of Brazilian sovereignty

65.500 jobs were lost in August, mostly those in part-time work, due to both lower hiring and layoffs, thus bringing the unemployment rate at 7,1%, or 1,6 million people, in a nine-year peak excluding pandemic years

All primary and secondary schools in Antigua and Barbuda are set to benefit from a new School Sports Uniform Initiative, providing free uniforms for sporting disciplines; the program is due to launch early next year in partnership with a local retailer

By joining the global Snapshot platform, Chile has expanded its wildlife monitoring efforts through standardized camera trap methods, aiming to boost biodiversity conservation with interinstitutional collaboration and public participation

Indigenous groups in Bolivia have halted the government’s oil palm cultivation project in the Amazon, citing lack of prior consultation and threats to their lands, stalling a biodiesel plan that has so far yielded only 100 of the 60.000 planned hectares

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has won a third term, a rare event in Jamaica, as his Labour Party JLP secured at least 34 out of 63 seats in parliament; Golding conceded defeat, saying he was disappointed but respected the outcome