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The new international airport terminal is taking shape as construction continues towards completion; contractors say it is designed to withstand a changing climate with cutting-edge technology, authorities expect completion by September 2027

Paraguay remains cut off from Chile: the border closure caused by extreme weather has left nearly a hundred vehicles and truckers with cargo stuck at the frontier; Susques Hospital is assisting dozens stranded by snow at Paso de Jama

Nearly 300.000 truck drivers face increasing insecurity, robberies and life-threatening retorsion though they are at the heart of Mexican economy, moving 56% of consumer goods - over 556 million tons/year - or 3,2% of GDP

40.000 women entered the ‘Futuro Femenino’ higher education scholarship program, aiming to guarantee the right to quality higher education for women, specially prioritizing women with disabilities, victims of gender violence, people in limited resources

Drought pushes livestock to the brink in Honduras' Dry Corridor, with farmers fighting for herds' survival, and leaves thousands residents with no access to water

Water access became a hot topic after Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers said tariffs haven't been updated since 2018, foreseeing an abrupt increase; meanwhile, villages close to the capital recur to buying bottles to avoid contaminated, unhealthy water

Gold miners at Bergie 21 near Moeroe Creek in the Para District have started operations after the government and Zijin had reached an agreement; MP calls for police and army units to be stationed due to lack of structural security in the area

A second native dinosaur, Mesetasaurus protectora, has been discovered by a team of Uruguayan paleontologists; the long-necked titanosaur found on the Artigas Plateau in Paysandú was identified as 'new species' thanks to two vertebrae

Government is moving to make sport tourism a major source of revenue for Trinidad and Tobago as it seeks to reduce its dependence on the energy sector; a sport tourism policy was expected to go before Cabinet within the next month

The controversial handling of a $300 million laptop procurement program is one among many accuses of mis-management and the alleged reason why the Education Minister resigned, though government has not made public the nature of her decision

As Venezuela recovers from June’s earthquakes, which killed more than 3.500 people, the collapse of the OPPE 26 social housing complex has become a symbol of public anger, raising questions over the quality of Chávez-era state housing projects

A magnitude 6,7 earthquake shaked Peru's southern Andes, adding to logistic difficulties after days of severe weather cut off the South by air and land; thousands are stranded in Arequipa and Tacna as landslides blocked the vital Pan-American Highway

Dominica Electricity Services Ltd. DOMLEC has apologized for widespread and, in some cases, prolonged power outages between 14 and 15 August as several incidents disrupted electricity service across the island