America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football for the blind will soon be introduced in St Vincent and the Grenadines, among the goals of the National Paralympic Committee
America Trinidad and Tobago The budget for fiscal year 2023 was presented to the House of Representatives, with a wide range of incentives aimed at balancing economic recovery and providing relief to citizens
America Costa Rica As the sawfish is quickly becoming extinct in various parts of the world, the country has officially made its fishing, exploitation, and commercialisation illegal
America Canada Researchers suspect Chinese hackers to have tampered with a widely used chat software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company
America Dominican Republic Losses caused in agricultural sector by the passage of Hurricane Fiona through the eastern part of the country exceed 2 billion pesos, estimates Ulises de Veras, president of the Federation of Livestock Farmers of the Eastern Region
America Paraguay Amid record-breaking inflation, the country’s Central Bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 8.5%, being the highest it has ever been in the past decade
America Nicaragua The amount of fleeing Nicaraguans towards the neighbouring country of Costa Rica today accounts for approximately 5% of its population, thus straining Costa Rica’s asylum system and now leading to the UN’s involvement in their shared border
America Suriname Due to rising inflation, general wages will be increased; the measure includes the wages of inmates, almost doubling their former amount
America Saint Lucia The second phase of the implementation of a new border control management system in Saint Lucia has gone live, bringing airports and seaports up to speed with the new state-of-the-art BCMS platform
America Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves told the United Nations that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has faced immense challenges since March 2020: "although we did not close our country, even in the darkest days of the pandemic, much of the world closed in on us"
America Brazil The Supreme Court has temporarily strengthened gun regulations, as the country’s elections are approaching and the government fears that there’s a risk of political violence
America Belize Researchers have recently discovered that the country’s Mayan cities contain a high level of mercury contamination, suggesting a new discovery that Mayans were using mercury for centuries, such as in paintings and ceramics
America Bolivia A new plan called “Productive Prisons” has been implemented: it consists in having inmates plant their own food and sell it to nearby communities as a way to help their re-introduction to society