America Colombia At 17, Ángel Barajas made history by winning Colombia's first Olympic gymnastics medal, securing silver on the horizontal bar at the Paris 2024 Olympics, becoming the youngest Colombian medalist in the Games' history
America Honduras Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, the former chief of the Honduran National Police, was sentenced to 19 years in a US prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy; Bonilla admitted to protecting cocaine shipments to the US
America Guatemala Adriana Ruano won Guatemala’s first-ever gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning the trap shooting event at Paris 2024; the historic victory was marked by fireworks and festivities in her home country
America Mexico In Veracruz, a group of women known as Las Patronas have been aiding Central American migrants as they travel north on the dangerous freight train known as La Bestia, Las Patronas provide them with food and water
America Cuba Mijain Lopez Nuñez, Cuban boxing athlete, was the first athlete in history to win five consecutive gold medals, from Beijing 2008 to Paris 2024, always reaching the gold medal in the heavyweight category of Greco-Roman wrestling
America Ecuador Ecuador celebrated its gold medal at Paris 2024 as Daniel Pintado won the 20km race walk, becoming the second Ecuadorian to win gold in this event after Jefferson Pérez in 1996
America Bolivia Transport unions in Bolivia have initiated a national strike due to fuel shortages, demanding that President Luis Arce's government expedite hydrocarbon imports to address the mobility crisis
America Chile About 20 cooperation agreements in various sectors such as health, technology, and trade have been signed in Santiago by President Gabriel Boric and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva aiming at strengthening bilateral relations
America Costa Rica Costa Rica, along with Ecuador, Uruguay, and Panama, has recognized Edmundo González as the winner of Venezuela's recent presidential elections, despite the National Electoral Council's announcement that Nicolás Maduro won
America Venezuela The OAS Secretary General urged Nicolás Maduro to either acknowledge his defeat in Venezuela's presidential election or call for new transparent elections, following international criticism of the proclaimed results
America Peru The Peruvian Congress has approved a lifetime pension for former President Alberto Fujimori, despite a law he signed 30 years ago prohibiting such benefits for convicted former presidents
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Five officers of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force have been selected to represent the SVG senior men's cricket team in the 2024 Windward Islands Tournament
America Argentina The Argentine government announced that Brazil has assumed Argentina's diplomatic representation in Venezuela as of this month; this move follows Venezuela's order for several countries, including Argentina, to withdraw their diplomatic staff