America Dominican Republic A team of archeologists working on a project to shed light on the first inhabitants of the island found a sacred burial site in the area known as El Francés, on the Samaná peninsula; it appears to be the very first trace in the Caribbean
America Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell's new government will have to pay more than $4 million in back taxes and increases to employees of T. A. Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) to settle a 10-year debt and bring workers up to the 2022 wage level
America Venezuela Due to the country’s ongoing political turmoil, Ecuador will be granting all of its fleeing migrants a ‘Migratory Amnesty’, which will allow them to stay in Ecuador and even receive all public services available as if they were citizens
America Guatemala A cooperation agreement to strictly regularise fishing in order to avoid illegal practices has been signed with Panama; it consists in joining forces to implement checkpoints and personnel that will control passing fishing boats
America Uruguay In order to incentivise tourism, the government has suspended all VAT taxes for foreigners visiting the country, and has established an obligatory 30% discount regarding all gas expenses
America Trinidad and Tobago Having marked 60 years of independence from Britain on August 31, the twin-island nation plans a whole year of celebrations
America Ecuador As part of the country’s plan to regularise prison information and possibly release inmates to ease prison population, the government just conducted the first penitentiary census in its history
America El Salvador A year has passed since the state’s legalisation of Bitcoin as a legal tender, and since no major economic breakthroughs took place as a result, the IMF has shut down all negotiation opportunities for a possible financing plan for the country
America Guyana As a way to welcome and attract more migrants into the country, the government has begun organising a series of workshops for companies to teach them the ethical recruitment of migrant labour
America Suriname Government officials met with UNESCO experts to discuss the strengthening of the country’s sustainable tourism in its world heritage sites, in order to create more local jobs and generate new possible streams of income
America Bahamas A Bahamas-based cloud service provider said Caribbean regulators need to focus on reducing Internet bandwidth costs across the region
America Bolivia As a way to commemorate the state’s 200 years of independence, President Luis Arce has launched a massive strategic plan to fully restructure and modernise the majority of parks, roads, museums and schools by 2025
America Nicaragua Images of political prisoners have reportedly been leaked, causing great turmoil amongst the opposition as they took to the streets and social media to demand the correct and humane treatment of all prisoners